Learning how to work within a group of equals is particularly useful when the time comes for your small business to form alliances and partnership.
It is not clear if Obama will be welcomed in the same way he was by Europe two weeks ago, but so far the signs are positive -- to have a U.S. president saying he is willing to listen to and treat Latin American neighbors as equals is something the region isn't used to.
"We can confirm that Lucent and Alcatel are engaged in discussions about a potential merger of equals that is intended to be priced at market, " said a Lucent statement released late Thursday night.
When the debt on which interest is paid equals the GDP level of a nation, the economy must grow faster than the interest rate to avoid debt-servicing costs consuming all the benefit of economic growth.
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Given that higher leverage equals higher risk, where is the benefit?
This is a partnership of equals, grounded in mutual interests and mutual respect.
Expect to see a lot about how this is a merger of equals, with a headquarters and chief executive in New York.
The most common message purveyed by those advocating particular trade agreements or even free trade generally is that more trade equals more exports equals more economic growth equals more jobs.
While your credit score, debts and spending budget, and financial goals may not be in sync, treating each other as equals in financial matters and beyond is a step towards avoiding money spats.
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We are seeing a slow, but it seems inexorable, move in North America in many industries to a stakeholder model where the shareholder is the first among equals but not the only person at the table.
Although Bell Atlantic shareholders will own a bit more of the new (as yet unnamed) company, the deal is essentially a marriage of equals.
In Economics 101, students learn that net investment equals net saving as an identity (that is, as a matter of definition).
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But in theory the prime minister is no more than first among cabinet equals.
"In India the fee is 75 paise per message, which equals about 1.6 cents U.S., " says Clayton.
So how can the solution be for Google to simply run the basic processes, treat everyone as equals, when the results of their doing so is what is driving the complaining?
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The core of the problem is that the two countries are no longer equals.
That is the only way to break the leader equals male prototype.
However, despite a weaker economy, the U.S. will probably remain "first among equals, " the report says, adding that it is very unlikely that any other nation could replace the U.S. as the leading world power.
The single-engine jet is a departure from the old idea that redundancy equals safety.
The fact of the matter is that there is no good evidence that a higher yuan necessarily equals a lower trade deficit.
This initial dialogue is not a training session but a sharing among equals who bring different expertise, skills and experience to solve a business need.
The upshot is that if women want to be treated as true equals, then they better get used to it.
One thing about fixed-income funds in the closed-end world, Kate, is that every 12% approximately, of a discount, equals 1% of real cash flow.
NBC's The Office is more about success and happiness, not because success necessarily equals happiness, but because in the lives of these office characters, happiness often begets success.
And a meeting of the BRICs looks slightly more like a collection of equals than do most gatherings involving China (though China's economy is still larger than those of the other three combined).
"More sensors on smartphones equals a lot more data flowing through these devices, which means protecting them is even more critical, " said Kevin Mahaffey, chief technology officer at mobile security firm Lookout.
If demand for a particular good or service is inadequate, then the price of that good or service will fall until demand equals supply.
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The more the business world engages with us as equals, the more we will come to share a common outlook about communications and what it is for.
Sir Samuel addresses his readers as equals, paying them the compliment of assuming that they are as interested in the issues as he is, and willing to be stretched.
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