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So far we haven't come across a compelling investment proposition in any Singapore-listed China stock.

So it's very difficult for them. But there are compelling reasons for them to come to the talks. The settlement on offer is a good one and I'd hope they would see their way to doing that.

I think that the fluctuations are going to be very hard for the individual investor to keep up with. But our feeling is that Microsoft is a compelling software story at these valuations, and we have an 'outperform' on the stock. Buy-and-hold is a good strategy here.

It isn't as if a writer merely records life as it unfurls. Reality does not automatically transcribe as literature; real people are not shapely, compelling characters to be harvested. Charming facts and sharp observations rarely slide seamlessly into whatever narrative is at hand.

I think someday we will make another stretch, the 787-10, for sure, because it is so compelling economically.

With the new make-up of the high court, we are encouraged that the Justices will determine that the government does have a vital and compelling interest in preventing the spread of the practice of abortion into infanticide.

With various indicators showing signs of softening, the Fed will probably hold steady on June 28, ... We do not think they are finished for the year, but they do not have a compelling case to push further ahead after a 50-basis-point adjustment in May.

Leverage has been a profitable trade in the past and it has allowed many closed-end funds to deliver very compelling yields, but the risk is your total return could suffer. Leverage can cut both ways; it can magnify your gains but it can also accentuate your losses. ... On the flip side, if you are delving into these more unusual strategies, one could argue the closed-end format lends itself to them pretty well, because your manager is not having to redeem shares everyday.

I think we learned that if you can put all your energy behind one nail head as an industry, and can do with clarity, a compelling case can be made. That would not have been the case in prior years, boom or bust.

I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.