The executives in the survey said it was harder for foreigners to get business licenses to start a new firm, or obtain new product licenses.
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It has a wide range of data points including business licenses, inspection reports, Web site information, photos, Yelp reviews, and then a bevy of social signals such as Tweets, check-ins, and Facebook Likes.
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And in February, consumer data company ChoicePoint (nyse: CPS - news - people ) revealed that it had been taken in by a ring of identity thieves who used fake business licenses to buy personal information concerning 145, 000 people.
We eliminated any taxes that were not paid largely by individuals, such as business licenses and taxes on public utilities, which left us with the total amount states earned from income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, hunting and fishing licenses and taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gas, among other goods.
If you look ahead at the business models they have of maintenance, licenses, services that business model is changing.
Georgia made strides in six of 10 categories, including the time it takes to start a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, getting credit, cross-border trade and enforcing contracts.
Namely, the survey quantifies the time and costs involved in starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business.
From that research, IFC scores countries on the time and costs involved with starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business.
The World Bank has an economic research section that each year turns out a first-rate book called Doing Business, which surveys 175 economies on everything from how many licenses you need to start a business to enforcing contracts to securities transparency.
Aside from license acquisition costs--please, "bribe" is such a common word--owning these licenses outright can speed a business' time to market by years.
Qualcomm currently uses the licenses to support the service business of FLO TV Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, and the sale follows Qualcomm's previously announced plan to evaluate strategic options for the FLO TV business.
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But our business model is to sell additional purpose-based licenses into our existing accounts.
That is, it wants to be a major player in the drug business, not just a small biotech house that licenses medicines to big pharmaceutical companies.
The offer also makes the market more competitive for the three ISPs which have been granted licenses but have yet to open for business -- local company DataOne Asia Pte.
Like Setiawan, anyone building a business in Indonesia must climb a mountain of permits and licenses.
More likely--and as unappetizing for Groupon--its local business customers could face hefty fines or loss of their licenses.
Consultants and lawyers also may help craft business plans, determining, for instance, how particular licenses complement a firm's projects or other spectrum holdings, how much a particular slice of spectrum is worth and what an appropriate bidding strategy would be.
So, to continue that business model as an exchange, we actually needed two exchange licenses to do that.
Other important elements of every business include the name, logo, type of company, licenses, location, advisors, and operational details.
Gemfields other business include a mine in Mozambique for rubies, and prospecting licenses for other gemstones in Madagascar.
Get rid of it, he argues, and EA's sports business will be able to get better terms when negotiating for licenses from professional sports leagues.
Too bad our Treasury Department doesn't read the riot act to the IMF and tell it to push pro-prosperity policies, such as low taxes, stable money, property rights, easing regulations for starting a business (in many countries it takes years to get all the licenses--and experts wonder why people operate outside the system) and reducing trade barriers internally and externally.
Motorola, after all, has been in the wireless business for many years and has a lot of patents, lots of cross licenses, and more patents in the pipeline.
In offering Android for free, while competitors Apple and Microsoft keep their systems exclusive or charge for licenses, Google is driving Android growth charitably and without veering far from its search business.
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Business users will, just like consumers, lose ground when it comes to the terms of shrinkwrapped licenses, according to SIM.
The Sino-Forest case reveals that business is done in China through informal agreements with state or party officials, who grant access to licenses, resources, and markets only if they are paid under the table.
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The form-vs-substance battle also rages over popular tax strategies like paying stiff intellectual-property licenses to foreign subsidiaries that also happen to siphon away all the profits of an otherwise lucrative business.
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Defense companies and business groups have long complained that the current rules are too broad and overlapping, unnecessarily subjecting some goods to export licenses.
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