The problems and issues a 425-employee business faces and an independent coffee shop owner has are likely much different.
These were mostly smaller firms by regional standards and lots of new business faces were being introduced to the Forbes brand.
The company's most advanced heart drug is stalled, its gene-testing business faces all sorts of competition, and it is running out of cash fast.
There, the changing face of telecommunications will be put right to the workers, as Verizon's landline business faces greater competition from wireless and cable connectivity.
We have a focused set of initiatives that we believe will accomplish this goal, however, it will take some time to fully address the challenges this business faces.
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"On the other hand, our mobile phones business faces a difficult competitive environment, and we are taking tactical actions and bringing new innovation to market to address our challenges, " he added.
Given the status of such firms as America's General Electric, it has also become clearer that conglomerates work only if each business faces stringent management and performance targets, and that divisions which fail must be dealt with ruthlessly.
"Remember, every business person faces the same increases of doing business, " he says.
But some efforts are at risk of stalling at the discussion stage, since teaching business ethics faces roadblocks from faculty and recruiters alike.
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The business community faces immense pressure to embrace each new social network, keeping up with the pace that their employees have become comfortable with in their personal lives on sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- As the chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai group, Hyun Jeong-eun, faces business challenges few other executives can imagine.
We can't say how things will break for AWEA, but it's a safe bet that the power industry faces business and regulatory upheaval.
Guarini says he faces many business challenges in the fickle and cut-throat world of music and entertainment.
The sale leaves Motorola with a healthy stockpile of cash that it can invest in its core mobile phone business, where it faces fierce competition from Apple, Nokia and others.
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When selling a business, the seller typically faces a choice between accepting cash or stock compensation.
By promoting fresh faces, UK business could stand tall once again after the economic torpor of the 1970s.
The bearded, self-effacing Ramone was among the most famous and welcome faces within the business, yet he could walk down virtually any street unnoticed.
So accurate are K-Tron's scales that sales reps like to step onto them, hand clients a business card and watch their faces while the difference in weight is registered.
But he warned an appreciating euro faces a reluctant European business community, content with the euro remaining undervalued.
As for Ford, it already faces some especially tough business conditions, and Kerkorian's decision to bail on the company is just one more in a series of setbacks.
But potential investors may ask what are the risks of owning a company that faces regulatory roadblocks to doing business in the U.S. and other countries, given the serious claims in the House report.
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Business Secretary Vince Cable, whose Twickenham seat faces being split, is among those to speak out.
They would see their faces on the front of glossy business magazines, and get to be called visionaries.
As with the rest of Southern Europe, Cyprus faces crippling job losses, rising business bankruptcies and slumping tax collections, said economists.
"The biggest challenge a new chief executive officer faces is making sure the new business units can effectively coordinate among themselves, " said Yang Xiao, a Beijing-based analyst with research firm Analysys International.
Most striking of all, Disney faces a crisis in the movie animation business that it invented.
He faces stiff opposition, especially from the business community, centred in the major Pacific coastal city of Guayaquil.
Brazil also faces opposition to the FTAA from powerful business interests that do not want to compete with the United States.
But other states may not have the same take on the business, as he notes, so it still faces considerable uncertainty.
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