Being a foreign vendor tends to further stack the odds against I-flex.
In the wake of Hill's departure, Sandler O'Neill analyst Mark Fitzgibbon had said he expected the bank could be sold within the next year, with the most logical buyer being a foreign bank.
They say this appears to be because it is not recognised as being a "foreign" substance.
Being in a foreign country at war is frightening.
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There was a very real possibility of Jane Austen's rare manuscript being sold to a foreign buyer who might well have then taken it abroad.
As well as speculation Mr Mandelson might return to ministerial ranks, there have been reports he is being lined up for a foreign policy role.
Being a woman in a male-dominated field of foreign relations "has some downs, but mostly it has ups, " she says.
Protectionism is a means of reaching an economic policy goal, whereas being concerned with and vigilant of ownership by a foreign government is solely based on national security.
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That is why an EU diplomatic service is being formed before there is a European foreign policy.
Germany is among the countries which say it is being used by foreign customers as a tax haven.
It pays a lower price for being willing to take a minority stake, unlike many of its foreign competitors descending on Brazil.
And maybe there is only one thing as difficult as being an Egyptian censor before the revolution, or a secret policeman in any one of a dozen countries in the region now, and that is sitting in a foreign ministry in London or Washington or Paris and being asked to write a paper for tomorrow morning, with the title What Happens Next?
That, and being 200 miles from Paris, in a foreign country, was enough to seal Vilvoorde's fate.
But is being born to an American mother in a foreign land enough to meet the constitutional requirements to hold the office?
He retells the story of a British Foreign Office applicant being asked to name the two most important things in the world.
If so, far from being a success for Europe's common foreign policy, Iran could become a big irritant in relations between America and Europe.
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For Mr Salehi, a stint as Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was a fast-track to being appointed foreign minister in 2011.
They pointed to Target 2 Securities and a foreign exchange trade depository being developed by DTCC and SWIFT as examples of industry platforms which will be used by multiple institutions.
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On the other hand, if Netanyahu sits on his laurels, he will be surprised to see how quickly Obama - desperate for a foreign policy achievement after being laughed out of Teheran and Pyongyang - forgets his happiness at Netanyahu's address.
Since this falls short of returning the industry to state ownership, the vote is being seen as something of a victory for foreign investors and a defeat for those who want to reverse the privatisation of the oil and gas industry, which took place in the 1990s.
Bojinov, who has signed subject to being granted a work permit, is the latest foreign import to new boss Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad.
And no wonder: being foreign makes his already complicated life as a mobile-telecoms executive more complicated still.
The British government explains this by referring to the American constitution, which protects American citizens from being extradited on the mere say-so of a foreign government.
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Can you view what the U.S. has done in Iraq -- now having a reliable ally in the region -- as being a success in terms of U.S. foreign policy?
There was a case involving foreign tires that were being sent in here, and I said this was an example of where we've got to put our foot down and show that we're serious about enforcement.
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Motorists from all countries are allowed to drive in the UK for a year before being required to take a driving test if they do not qualify for an automatic swap of their foreign licence.
Which leads to there being a current political movement to offer a tax holiday (or at least a tax discount) on those foreign profits.
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In the case of Megan and Michael, being the parents of a deaf child meant travelling into a foreign country.
Despite Japan being closed for a holiday, the rest of the major foreign markets are higher and the futures are pointing higher.
The apocalyptic tax consequence of being a passive investor in small business loans stops virtually all foreign investors from participating directly in the U.S. small business loan market while driving their investment dollars into the corporate bond market.
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