Fashion is still a Post-it Note business, and the pace of work was relaxed.
There is a lot more in this study, but for now it suffices to say that advisors who have been considering the move into fee-based business should take note.
Although Deutsche has built an investment-banking business of a certain note, it has tied itself in knots working out what to do with its retail business.
Those inside the cabinet who resent Lord Mandelson's resurrection and disagree with his pro-business views have taken note, and most will think at least twice before tangling with him.
Borrowing costs have been cut nearly in half as creditors take note of diminishing business risk.
There are several approaches you can take to protect your business, so female business owners, please take note.
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But along the way Maezawa took note of a business that hadn't arrived yet in Japan: music merchandising at festivals and outside of big-venue concerts.
Mr Rosser said that while public sector cuts could mean opportunities for the private sector it would be wrong for any one in business to speak with a note of triumphalism.
As Blue Note's business began to grow, he and Wolff realized that they had to have a regular turnover of new material if the label was going to keep its place in the newly expanding world of jazz microgroove records.
Fortunately, they can take a note from the music business and change their modus operandi to survive.
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"Dear, " which always looked fine atop a business letter, or a handwritten note, is increasingly seen as archaic and old-fashioned on a computer screen or on a smartphone or mobile device.
In simplified terms, what mattered to BAE - and to EADS - was that France and Germany would agree to limit their ownership and control of the enlarged business (and see my earlier note for why this was a commercial imperative for BAE).
As some surveys note, however, what business owners say they want to do and what they actually do are often very different, pointing to continued uncertainty in the employment situation.
The MPs also question the adequacy of having "a monopoly supplier business model in police procurement" and note that the new official Taser supplier consists of "more or less identical personnel operating in the same premises with a near-duplicate website" as the former distributor.
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Let me close on a positive note by citing two of many business and government entities that are making our lives easier.
It is also important to note that the dynamics of doing business are different in the U.S. compared to a developing economy like China.
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In particular, solid growth in the Mobile Communications business, with brisk sales of flagship GALAXY Note and GALAXY S II devices contributed to the company's profitability.
Eventually, however, wider awareness enables some processes to be radically transformed for the better. (For more about this, see the big idea on Social Media and Business Process Transformation at CITO Research.) Note that an intelligent activity stream filter is key to making this work, and we do not have one yet.
"It retains the best operational momentum in the business, " the analyst wrote in a research note Wednesday.
Randall Kempner: Well, the first thing to note is that the small and growing business (SGB) sector is hot.
It is important to note that misjudging the stage of the business cycle might lead to losses, rather than gains.
For those business builders who need to follow another path, please note there are many other solutions.
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On Europe, we note continuing signs of improvement, with German business optimism hitting its highest level in 15 years.
Despite one or two notable exceptions (the Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB are yet to offer an EMBA course) it appears that schools around the world have been taking note, and placing international expansion and global business practice at the top of the executive agenda.
The other telecom operators that currently own Infonet, including Swisscom (nyse: SCM - news - people ), the Netherlands' KPN (nyse: KPN - news - people ) and Australia's Telstra (nyse: TLS - news - people ), apparently "see little strategic benefit in retaining their stakes in this business at the current market price, " the analysts note.
Note: These items are taken from The Science Business, our new blog covering the places where research and capitalism intersect.
"We have long argued that UBS has been over-investing in its investment-banking business, " wrote JPMorgan's Kian Abouhossein in a note to clients.
On a serious note, the event underlines the fact that big business in Latin America is still largely dominated by family groups.
But that exchange has been tightly choreographed: Mr Blair will listen politely, note the Argentine position and move on to other business.
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