In the past, residents say, the agency had largely turned a deaf ear to complaints about the noise and pollution.

The agency charged with cleaning up Japan's banking problems turned a profit collecting bad loans last year.

On 1 January 2009, the agency turned into an association led by social partners.

"It's something the companies and agencies are turning to."

Starting in the 1980s, social-service agencies turned many of the buildings into residences for the homeless.

Now, the agency will turn its focus to the river.

But when a huge budget gap emerged in 1993, the agency turned to Lazard.

The agency turned to the private sector for help with the baggage screening mandate.

In recent years, New York's public agencies have turned to massive real estate projects to increase revenues.

Last summer, he warned, the agency was handling 900 people a day and turning away 1,000 others.