11.   Hoechst said it expects economic improvement in Europe, Asia and the U.S. to bolster sales this year, although pharmaceutical sales will remain under price pressure.

12.   However, consumers were slightly more upbeat about the chances for economic improvement six months from now.

13.   Japanese stocks will likely fall next week, as investors continue to hold off on buying until there is a sign of economic improvement.

14.   Matsushita told reporters after the meeting that economic improvement was not yet sufficient for the central bank to raise interest rates from record lows.

15.   Matsushita told reporters after the meeting that economic improvement was not yet sufficient for the central bank to raise interest rates from record-low territory.

16.   Most roads are impassable, and except for the capital, Luanda, there is little evidence of economic improvement.

17.   Parker and Musgrove distanced themselves from Fordice during their campaigns, and both stressed similar agendas, with education and economic improvement the top priorities.

18.   Since then, there have been tentative signs of economic improvement.

19.   Some Vietnamese immigrants argued that economic improvements in the country, accelerated by normalization and expanding capitalism, will benefit only Communist party cadres.

20.   Such has been the pace of economic improvement in Mozambique that last year it opened a stock exchange.