51. But burgeoning business contacts with the mainland and Hong Kong will make it difficult to control cross-border corruption, the think tank said. 52. But business contacts reported rising steel prices and continued increases in energy and insurance costs. 53. He admitted later that it helped to have influential friends and shareholders who could recommend Peregrine to a host of their business contacts. 54. He insisted on anonymity because he has business contacts there, Channel Two reported. 55. He has had close business contacts with Italian industrialist Carlo de Benedetti, whose group previously had interests in CBI. 56. I guarantee everything is free, including business contacts and upcoming discussion topics. 57. In Istanbul, Holbrooke avoided the political difficulties as part of a low-stakes strategy to encourage business contacts across the U.N.-monitored line dividing Cyprus. 58. Iran is particularly worried that growing business contacts with the European Union could become entangled in complaints over public executions and other punishments. 59. It also contends that quiet diplomacy and business contacts can change Burma better than open criticism. 60. It will also arrange business contacts for Indonesian companies offering their products to Sweden or looking for Swedish partners. |