Businesses and economies should be rewarded for profits and growth, not for creating a creative new accounting system that makes money appear out of thin air.
More energy efficient businesses and economies are more globally competitive.
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Today, four out of five people with NCDs live in low- and middle-income countries, and the World Economic Forum has identified NCDs as one of the top four global risks and one of the most important threats to businesses and economies.
Our small and independent business owners who have built their businesses up over the course of 3, 5 or 10 years understand that a long term approach and a long term plan is the only way businesses and economies are built to last.
Across the country, I have seen firsthand how Federal investments and initiatives help businesses and communities strengthen local economies and jobs.
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Interestingly, both reports note that emerging markets will take the lead in demand growth, as high prices disincentivize consumers and businesses in advanced economies.
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Mr Purvis said the locally based and staffed banks would be best placed to lend to local businesses, kick-starting local economies and creating and safeguarding local jobs.
But that is not reality, particularly given the debt-laden woes of the U.S. and European economies, which makes it difficult for businesses and individuals alike to forecast their financial futures.
Women are on the road to becoming drivers of their economies, running businesses, and creating jobs and opportunities within their communities and beyond.
The more traditionally based regions focused, largely uninhibited, on their core businesses, and often used the income to diversify their economies into higher-value added fields.
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It has now become widely recognised that perhaps the greatest economic policy failure in the UK, US and eurozone during the 16 boom years before the crash of 2008 was the explosion of borrowing by banks, households, businesses and governments - or, to use the jargon, the unprecedented and massive leveraging up of entire economies.
With its asset-light, debt-free business model, the transport and logistics company is taking advantage of lower costs and prices, buying up businesses and stretching its reach to become the premier courier service linking the emerging and fast growing Asian and African economies.
Productivity is what grows economies, makes people wealthier and helps businesses create more jobs--not jobs in "energy, " but jobs overall.
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All of these economies, that realize the value of entrepreneurship in their economies make allowances for small businesses in terms of taxes and fees that the governments expect them to pay.
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The general sentiment is that lowering interest rates will not help to cure what is really ailing European economies: ailing banks resulting in a dearth of credit for businesses and consumers alike.
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And according to an article that ran earlier on Forbes.com, for the first time in 13 years, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study of 59 economies shows that women are creating businesses at a greater rate than men in three economies, Ghana, Nigeria and Thailand, and are nearly equal in Brazil, Ecuador, Uganda and Switzerland.
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Well it rather implies that British businesses' efforts to reduce their dependence on European markets and increase their sales to emerging economies need to be significantly stepped up.
More sales equal larger economies of scale, which lowers per-unit costs of production for businesses and cuts prices for consumers.
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Not only did consumers enjoy the benefits of more options and greater competition, but the larger market also allowed businesses to take greater advantage of economies of scale, pushing prices down.
Even in rough economic conditions companies that can add market share and prudently manage costs can lay the groundwork for future success, and many businesses with significant connections to Europe also have operations in other, faster-growing economies.
And that includes our small businesses, which account for the vast majority of the companies in our economies.
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Weaker economies overseas and the impact of across-the-board government spending cuts have made businesses more cautious.
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