One dollar out of every four in corporate budgets is now being set aside for IT projects, Rubin said.

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Business travelers that have generous corporate budgets and diverse destinations will probably want to rent a phone at the airport, or perhaps buy a world phone and ask their IT departments to ensure seamless use abroad.

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Corporate entertainment budgets may shrink in the wake of the scandals, but many observers are pessimistic about more wholesale changes.

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Major portions of corporate ad budgets would migrate to the Web.

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Most of the cuts have been to corporate-philanthropy budgets, which typically fund charities and NGOs.

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At issue is how best to reduce the cost and increase the reach of the health care system, which officials say is draining personal, corporate and government budgets while leaving 46 million Americans without health insurance.

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Seduced by the monolithic corporate brewers that have huge advertising budgets.

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In the modern corporate environment, CEOs are taking the position that IT budgets must stay flat.

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Most corporate IT departments now allocate a significant portion of their budgets to information security.

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Our own troops in corporate America have suffered the casualties of downsizings, lost budgets, and increased responsibilities.

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Along the lines of budgets, Mr. Furman, last week in a conference call, mentioned corporate tax reform.

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