David McNair, senior economic justice adviser at the charity Christian Aid, says tax havens are used in a variety of ways, but the general principle - for a business active in a number of countries - is to maximise the amount of profit made by subsidiaries based where taxes are low, at the expense of those based where taxes are high.
Supporters of the stay-and-fix-it approach say it encourages retailers to play a more-active role in lifting standards, increasing the odds factories will fall in line.
Indeed, my preferred option -- a more active and well-regulated role for NSA and Cyber Command on and for American networks -- is almost a third rail in the debate over U.S. cybersecurity.
They cannot suddenly change gears and accuse him of being a cunning partisan and a hyper-active campaigner.
Forecasters at Colorado State University say a less-active hurricane season is in store.
So these managers eschew the passive approach to tracking an index in favor of a semi-active approach to portfolio management.
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But that is a problem too, because it often falls short of contributing to a pro-active solution to the underlying issue.
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Rather than relying on fire, electricity or natural gas, chefs at El Diablo heat their meat over a still-active volcano.
It could also be used with a camera-based position detection system as shown above, meaning your finger's location and force could be calculated on a non-active surface like an ordinary table.
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To make matters worse, those who support a pro-active policy response to climate change have responded to exaggeratations about the significance of these uncertainties by sanitizing their findings of any hint of uncertainty to solidify support for climate policy among the mainstream public.
The chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, hitherto a seriously hyper-active type, needed a break from using fiscal policy to mend every last thing in the economy that does not work exactly as he thinks it should, and so did the country.
The Charlotte Observer had a story saying that on Sunday night a teacher got a call -- this is a teacher who has been active in Democratic politics -- got a call from an Obama for America official saying, can you come to the event, the President wants to talk to you there.
The Turbo Express was about the size of a Game Boy but had a sharp active-matrix color display and could even be used as a portable TV with an optional tuner.
So this is still an active -- still a very active legislative issue.
The five two-way speakers each hold two three-inch drivers and a one-inch tweeter, while each of the two 70 watts-per-channel active subwoofers has a roughly eight-inch cone.
The company is also (without DFKI) developing a virtual reality environment that uses a pair of active-shutter glasses and a head-tracking camera to let you wander around cave-like structures from the comfort of the lab.
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The megaphone lets you send a message to your less-active friend telling them to go for a walk, run or bike ride -- but you can only bully them once ever seven days.
Arctic Island - a broker-dealer and very active in developing for the space.
Mass Effect 3 was a great testing-ground for a more active consumer base, and no matter how this all shakes out, I think this experience has been a good one for gamers and the industry.
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On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site hit a half-billion active users.
That number has dwindled to a half-dozen active proposals, and even many of those have been put on the back burner.
But when a vehicle-mounted Active Denial System was sent to Afghanistan in May 2010, it was eventually shipped back home without being used.
About a dozen active-duty Navy Seabees helped law enforcement authorities build a mock-up of the bunker that was used to plan the assault.
Klinsmann is trying to get the U.S. to play a more pro-active attacking style, which might not work, given the talent level of the players.
We're excited to reveal the iNuke BOOM Junior - a 1:23 scale model of its powerful predecessor, packed with professional grade components and a 3-way active speaker design.
It seems to be particularly important for the growth and survival of some cancer cells and large amounts of the molecule are often present in the cells of non-small cell lung cancers, sometimes in a mutated, over-active form.
Men were the victims in nearly 14, 000 of the estimated 26, 000 assaults, although women, comprising a small fraction of active-duty personnel, had a higher rate of being assaulted.
The STYLISTIC Q702 features an 11.6-inch HD display with a precise active pen and 10-finger multi-touch user interface.
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The Air Force announced earlier this week that it is grounding a third of its active-duty fleet through September 30 due to a shortfall in funding driven by the need to bring spending into compliance with the deficit law.
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For example, the chips used to protect your jeans against theft in a supermarket use active RFID - the chip can be detected and tracked from a certain distance.
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