If a buyback raises the debt-to-equity ratio, it can lower the firm's overall cost of capital (because in most countries interest payments, unlike dividends, are tax deductible).
This is partly because, in most countries, it takes ages to get parliamentary approval for changes in taxes, so tax rates cannot be altered as fast as interest rates.
This would be cost-effective because most equipment in rich countries is already fuel-efficient.
Mateschitz needed the approval of the ministries of health in most European countries because some of Red Bull's ingredients hadn't been used in anything else on the market.
The contagion has been more severe in Latin America because most Latin countries are big commodity producers and some of their economies are far from sound.
Transactions on average take longer in Britain than in most other countries because a buyer can pull out at the last minute, and gazumping (where a vendor who has agreed to a sale accepts a higher offer from someone else) is common.
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Traditionally, class figured less in politics in America than in most other Western countries, supposedly because the United States, though more economically unequal, and rougher in tone, was more socially equal, more diverse, more democratic, and better at giving ordinary people the opportunity to rise.
But mostly it is because fertility levels are dropping sharply in most poor countries and all rich ones.
The euro is being launched only because most countries pulping their currencies in January chose to avoid the Danes' option of actually asking for their voters' assent.
But that would be a difficult gesture politically, because Russian travellers face strict visa controls in most western countries.
Because the movie has yet to open in most foreign countries, where Mr. Smith remains quite popular, it remained to be seen how "After Earth" will fare for Sony Pictures.
In this case, East Asia has been less affected because most countries there are net creditors.
At least in Asia it is keeping an eye out, unlike in most rich countries where it has ruled out acquisitions, because the returns are too low though it may still be tempted to enter the nascent European pensions market.
Dubai has recovered faster from the financial crisis than most other countries and is now in a high growth mode because of its zero tax policy and economic free zones.
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When we started out this thing, there were no democracies in the world, and now, depending on exactly how you define them, most of the countries in the world are, in large part because of the inspiration and the dedication of the United States of America.
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At the United Nations today, developing countries are firm supporters of these rights primarily because of the dire situation in which most of their populations find themselves.
It remains a reasonable idea for most rich countries to keep some nuclear power in their portfolio, not least because by maintaining economic and technological stakes in nuclear they will have more standing to insist on high standards for safety and non-proliferation being applied throughout the world.
Indeed for most of the second quarter, fiscal uncertainty hung over both countries: in Britain because of a close election, in Germany because of commitments to help Greece and other countries.
The divide over agriculture threatens to undermine Doha because the developing countries, which object most strongly to the trade-distorting subsidies provided to farmers in the industrial world, were such reluctant participants in the first place.
Few countries have scrapped existing projects, but many of these are in danger because of security concerns, and most fresh proposals are on hold.
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