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The U.S. market is taking some signals from the weakness in Europe, the situation could set a precedent for other countries wanting to leave the euro zone and that creates some uncertainty that markets don't like. – John Canally	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The 'me-too' (investors) had precedent working in their favor, so we were assuming that (Griesa's decision) was a long time coming. – Jorge Piedrahita	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Under well-established precedent, there is no reason why the existing (healthcare) exchanges should be overturned through a court case, this should be an easy case. Frankly it probably shouldn't even have been taken up. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behaviour threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict. – State Antony Blinken	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behavior threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict. – State Antony Blinken	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
His (the home minister's) arbitrary attack could set a very dangerous precedent: every Indian civil society group is now on the chopping block. – Samit Aich	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is precedent setting and it breaks every financial model known to man, the pay-per-view is $ 100, the tickets are almost unaffordable for even the millionaire fight fan. – Rick Horrow	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This appears to be the most significant in terms of the number of tests involved and the size of the district, it will certainly be a precedent for other districts in Florida which are equally fed up. – Robert Schaeffer	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Such an agreement would set an important global precedent for how cross-border reinsurance transactions should be regulated. – Jesus Cisneros	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search - by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history. – Najib Razak	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search – by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history, together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists. Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found. – Prime Minister Najib Razak	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search - by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history, together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists. Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found. – Prime Minister Najib Razak	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There is really no precedent to this. – Geoffrey Thomas	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The City of New York is going to give half million individuals government issued identification cards and then they’re going to destroy the records so we don’t know who is holding these government ID cards. That could be a very dangerous precedent, I believe—especially in a post 9/11 world. – New York Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I’m hoping to set a new precedent on how Hollywood is not only viewed, but operates, it’s a way to give hope while entertaining, and I hope others will follow. – Stephen Rollins	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There is precedent, we have done this before. – Philip Yun	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Their bounded approach in this matter is a welcome new precedent in contrast to past practices. – Lee Goodman	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
This case establishes a precedent for justice for poor women who have been criminalized for the supposed crime of homicide without proof. – Jorge Menjivar	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I worry about future administrations, now there's bad precedent, and not every executive branch in the future will exercise their discretion the way this one did. It didn't have to go this way. – Joel Kurtzberg	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's a new decree and there's very little understood about it, there's very little regulation, there's no precedent, i'd like to think the decree was enacted to be used. – Andrew Greste	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If we set a precedent in which a dictator in another country can disrupt through cyber, a company's distribution chain or its products, and as a consequence we start censoring ourselves, that's a problem. – President Obama The U.S. President	Found on CNN 9 years ago
That decision sets a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future. – John McCain	Found on CNN 9 years ago
President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government, trading Mr. Gross for three convicted criminals sets an extremely dangerous precedent. It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips. – Bob Menendez	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Trading Mr Gross for three convicted criminals sets and extremely dangerous precedent, it invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips. – Robert Menendez	Found on CNN 9 years ago

The U.S. market is taking some signals from the weakness in Europe, the situation could set a precedent for other countries wanting to leave the euro zone and that creates some uncertainty that markets don't like.

– John Canally

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The 'me-too' (investors) had precedent working in their favor, so we were assuming that (Griesa's decision) was a long time coming.

– Jorge Piedrahita

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Under well-established precedent, there is no reason why the existing (healthcare) exchanges should be overturned through a court case, this should be an easy case. Frankly it probably shouldn't even have been taken up.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behaviour threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict.

– State Antony Blinken

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behavior threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict.

– State Antony Blinken

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

His (the home minister's) arbitrary attack could set a very dangerous precedent: every Indian civil society group is now on the chopping block.

– Samit Aich

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is precedent setting and it breaks every financial model known to man, the pay-per-view is $ 100, the tickets are almost unaffordable for even the millionaire fight fan.

– Rick Horrow

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This appears to be the most significant in terms of the number of tests involved and the size of the district, it will certainly be a precedent for other districts in Florida which are equally fed up.

– Robert Schaeffer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Such an agreement would set an important global precedent for how cross-border reinsurance transactions should be regulated.

– Jesus Cisneros

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search - by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history.

– Najib Razak

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search – by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history, together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists. Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found.

– Prime Minister Najib Razak

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search - by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history, together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists. Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found.

– Prime Minister Najib Razak

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There is really no precedent to this.

– Geoffrey Thomas

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The City of New York is going to give half million individuals government issued identification cards and then they’re going to destroy the records so we don’t know who is holding these government ID cards. That could be a very dangerous precedent, I believe—especially in a post 9/11 world.

– New York Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I’m hoping to set a new precedent on how Hollywood is not only viewed, but operates, it’s a way to give hope while entertaining, and I hope others will follow.

– Stephen Rollins

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There is precedent, we have done this before.

– Philip Yun

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Their bounded approach in this matter is a welcome new precedent in contrast to past practices.

– Lee Goodman

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This case establishes a precedent for justice for poor women who have been criminalized for the supposed crime of homicide without proof.

– Jorge Menjivar

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I worry about future administrations, now there's bad precedent, and not every executive branch in the future will exercise their discretion the way this one did. It didn't have to go this way.

– Joel Kurtzberg

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's a new decree and there's very little understood about it, there's very little regulation, there's no precedent, i'd like to think the decree was enacted to be used.

– Andrew Greste

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If we set a precedent in which a dictator in another country can disrupt through cyber, a company's distribution chain or its products, and as a consequence we start censoring ourselves, that's a problem.

– President Obama The U.S. President

Found on CNN
9 years ago

That decision sets a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future.

– John McCain

Found on CNN
9 years ago

President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government, trading Mr. Gross for three convicted criminals sets an extremely dangerous precedent. It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.

– Bob Menendez

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Trading Mr Gross for three convicted criminals sets and extremely dangerous precedent, it invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.

– Robert Menendez

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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