Similarly, Munster used the vast resources of the multinational investment bank that employs him to determine that Apple releases new iMacs around every 168 days, and that the current generation has been on the market for 257 days.

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No other is so dependent on international trade and investment from multinational companies, giving it, you might have thought, an incentive to pipe down a bit.

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He also advised U.S. companies doing business abroad in Latin America and Europe on corporate compliance, anti-corruption, and the risks associated with foreign investment and multinational business transactions.

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Another problem is what some ministers call "the Honda problem" - the risk that multinational companies put further investment in Britain on hold while they wait to see if the country will stay in or get out of Europe.

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Another wad of overseas investment came from Tata, the Indian mega-multinational, which located its US consultancy services northeast of Cincinnati in 2008.

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He told the BBC that an announcement would be made on Monday about the "extra investment in the part of the Inland Revenue that tackles tax avoidance by multinational companies".

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Mr. Pitt has, in effect, taken the position that the SEC need not require transparency about the "material risk" associated with investments in such entities unless the amount of corporate investment or exposure in rogue states could materially harm the often-huge multinational companies themselves.

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Africa can now expect multinational and state-owned companies from developed and developing states to compete for access to African consumers and favorable investment terms.

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For years multinational business looked beyond the Thai coups and other intrigue to see a populous, well-situated country ripe for investment.

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