A.D.B.
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Asian economies have other risks to contend with too, ADB said in its report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
But the property downturn continues to weigh, with a sharper decline in property investment pulling down fixed-asset investment, and slowing infrastructure and manufacturing investment, ADB said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Trade agreements struck with Washington have reduced uncertainty, but higher tariffs and weaker global economic activity will dent growth in 2026, ADB said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
The ADB loaned Pakistan $250 million in November 2023 to expand its high-voltage transmission network in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
Rutherford used a method by which the period of the vibration can easily be determined; it is based upon the theory of the distribution of alternating currents in two circuits ACB, ADB in parallel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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