The headcount reduction, however, is worldwide, across all technical and corporate groups, a spokesman for Applied says.
There are serious concerns about trivialisation of content and the increasing concentration of media ownership in the hands of large corporate groups.
The shoppers were a diverse group made up of families with children, young couples and corporate groups, many traveling abroad for the first time.
For the sake of maintaining relationships among members of the keiretsu, or corporate groups, Japanese bankers lend a lot of money to big, strong companies.
Multinational and Indian corporate groups have invested a huge amount of money in Indian cricket, which attracts immense interest throughout the nation of one billion people.
Lower defaults from both the personal and corporate groups may be one of the most positive signs of all around economic stabilization we have seen so far.
The giant Mizuho financial group, for instance, which brings together the house banks of three keiretsu (corporate groups), contains plenty of affiliated life insurers and non-life companies, whose fate is still uncertain.
Since Japan is struggling to free itself from a banking crisis caused partly by widespread connected lending (thanks to the system of corporate groups known as keiretsu, today's variant on the zaibatsu), Mr Ochi's preferences seem most peculiar.
But Milan insiders think that it will be hard to get the right people with entrepreneurial skills, vision and the ability to take tough decisions and resist Italy's entrenched corporate interest groups.
Last year, a total of 844 venture firms or corporate venture groups made at least one investment, a 4.7% drop from 2009, according to analysis by VentureSource, an industry tracker owned by Dow Jones.
Gerald Brady, a managing director at Silicon Valley Bank in charge of outreach to corporate venture groups, said he had seen "a very noticeable pickup across almost every industry center" as corporations turn to Silicon Valley to get a handle on innovation.
She said continued pressure from women's groups and corporate interests forced the club's hand.
Of course corporate PACs and industry groups are often going to back who they think can win.
Delaying the vote, the board member said, would allow time for talks with religious groups, corporate sponsors, scouting alumni and parents.
He offers pizza-making classes for groups (corporate team-building, for example), private parties, and in this case, a press luncheon designed to showcase the flexibility of Cakebread Wines.
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Although fraud prevention mechanisms, such as the Ethics Helpline and Office of the Ombudsman, led Corporate Security and Internal Audit groups to investigate reports about certain arrestees, they did not appear to run joint investigations or develop a corrective actions approach.
It's a common corporate strategy: Appeal to young groups and secure a slew of customers for life.
The letters, signed by 44 other groups, also asked corporate boards to approve and review all company political outlays.
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Executives are warned of the dangers of funding antibusiness groups and giving hostile special interest groups more sway over corporate practices and policies.
"The Blue Lagoon brings more energy to business groups, and makes corporate events more fun and productive, " notes Magnea Guomundsdottir, the director of public relations for Blue Lagoon Iceland.
The idea of golf clubs as power hubs has become so entrenched in corporate culture that women's groups have hosted clinics to teach the game to women so they can hold their own on the green, Arreola said.
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Already shareholder groups that push for better corporate governance have been formed in five Asian countries.
Business groups say that lowering the corporate tax rate is a good step to reaching this goal.
Frank of course helped pass the Dodd-Frank act which enabled more shareholder powers but they were after a series of compromises with Republicans, the Business Roundtable, the US Chamber of Commerce and other lobby groups who fight to keep corporate managers protected from being thrown out.
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Only about one third of gay men and lesbians avoid destinations with anti-gay laws, indicating that destination boycotts are not so effective (though corporate boycotts are, according to CMI focus groups).
But hope springs eternal, and the politicians and pressure groups and no small number of corporate participants have shown up to discuss how to get people out of poverty without fouling the environment.
Though conservatives like Pope took the lead in exploiting the new possibilities for corporate spending, the use of ostensibly nonpartisan advocacy groups has been proliferating on both the left and the right.
As you might expect, giant companies generally pay lower effective tax rates (income before taxes divided by taxes paid) than smaller companies, although both groups are subject to the same statutory corporate tax rate that tops out at 37 percent.
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The shooting school is open to individuals or groups, and is a fun activity for corporate outings.
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