In much the same way that dealing with a patchwork of state regulations often has U.S. companies shifting practices long before the federal government requires them to, complying with assorted international chemical regulations, not to mention supplier codes of conduct from large companies, may have U.S. companies eliminating the most toxic chemicals whether TSCA is reformed or not.
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Japanese companies have the lowest ROE of companies in the world's three largest economies, just 3%, compared with 10% for German companies and 23% for U.S. companies, according to Kathy Matsui, an analyst with Goldman Sachs in Tokyo.
One indication: In 1992, the world's 500 largest companies outside the U.S. earned, on average, just 2% on sales, against 4.5% for the 500 largest U.S. companies.
The only problem: foreign companies that compete against U.S. companies, such as state-owned oil giants, aren't subject to the SEC's regulatory arm if they don't do business in the U.S. That could put American oil companies like ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron at a competitive disadvantage to their foreign counterparts, oil advocates say.
Still the spat continues with one of Anil's companies recently taking Mukesh's Reliance Industries to court over a gas supply agreement.
Beyond market conditions, Mr. Stronach's companies ran into U.S. regulations that made it difficult to launch a horse-racing IPO, according to Jack Brothers, chief executive of the six companies.
In 2010, U.S.-based companies recaptured the lead for the total number of U.S. patents granted after falling behind foreign companies for the previous two years, according to rankings released yesterday by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, a division of Fairview Research, of global companies awarded the most U.S. patents in 2010.
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And it's not just the sheer numbers of companies that sets New York apart--on average New York's companies are bigger too.
In 1999, it became a stand-alone company when another one of our companies, S.C.
So my overall goal is, I believe U.S. companies, U.S. workers, we can compete with anybody in the world.
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You can also see big box stores from Chilean companies like S.A.C.
Those companies include S kyworks Solutions (SWKS) , RF Micro Devices (RFMD) , Anadigics (ANAD) , TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT) and Avago Technologies (AVGO) among others.
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More than 50 companies filed S-4 paperwork with the SEC last week when it came to insider selling with activity ranging from only a few hundred shares to as high as 20 million shares in aggregate.
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By forging relationships with leading Chinese state-owned and private energy and technology companies, U.S. companies -- at times working with the federal government -- can create a "ladder of cooperation" with the Chinese to lead the world forward on climate change.
Ms. FERNANDES: Well, it's being put out by recruiting companies, but at the behest of U.S. companies who are hiring.
SAIC, a stalwart on our annual list of America's Largest Private Companies, ranks 1, 177 on our list of the world's largest public companies.
Three companies rose on their day of trading on China's emerging companies' board today, including one that's supporting a pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.
After 44 years as one of America's great growth companies, McDonald's is finally arriving at U.S. market saturation.
He added he is having a harder time finding underpriced shares of large U.S. companies after the market's gains this year.
And I believe that it would serve the interests of the U.S. companies and the U.S. citizens, especially now that the global economy is experiencing the turbulent times.
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The income tax exclusion for U.S. citizens and resident aliens abroad was put into law about a quarter-century ago partly to encourage U.S. companies to send U.S. workers overseas.
Indian companies, like U.S. companies, are hoarders.
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For all the hope, no one expects Mr. Slim's companies to lose their dominant position in Mexico's telephone market.
One of Mr McKillen's companies, the Maybourne Group, owns some of London's most prestigious hotels, including Claridges and the Berkeley.
Worthington, the firm buying into Whyte's companies, said information was found when looking into Whyte's case for winning back control of Rangers.
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In addition to helping China companies come to the U.S., GGV helps U.S. companies explore China.
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U.S. companies want access to China's burgeoning market for renewable energy, and clean and efficient technologies.
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Indonesia's ethnic Chinese have their own newspaper, and Chinese firms compete with U.S. and European companies for Indonesia's vast reserves of oil, minerals and gas.
That trust is essential, with or without E-Sign a law so broad it's making companies read between the legislation's lines and model their own approaches.
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