1. Soaring rental costs of shops in prime tourist areas have forced many smaller retail players to close shop or move out.
2. Media reports said Brown had given up on a plan to replace Darling with his close ally Ed Balls after Darling refused to move.
3. Sources close to Huang said institutional investors are unhappy with Chen as the Bain Capital stake move will dilute their shareholding.
4. The British embassy in Yemen followed suit just a few hours after the US move, while Spain decided to close its mission in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday.
5. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said he is close to calling new legislative elections, a move designed to freeze the Hamas militant group from power.
6. Shevchenko remains close to Milan's hierarchy and media reports have said his wife was behind their move to London.
7. She said the Quartet would keep in close contact with Quartet partners and colleagues in the region with view to meet and move things forward.
8. They want to move into a nursing home close to hospitals and have found some in suburban areas.
9. When Patrick Vieira left, the team had to move on and we came close to winning the Champions League.
10. Local governments signed an agreement to begin close cooperation in September, a key move toward planned integration of the entire area.