Countries with external surpluses need to boost consumption and domestic demand.
Countries with external deficits need to save and export more.
But once the state has eliminated its primary deficit, it will not need external finance to fund its day-to-day operations.
At the end of March, Slovenia's 10-year government bond yields had climbed to around 7%, prompting fears it would need external support to finance itself.
But for many corporations, there is a need for greater responsiveness to a rapidly changing external environment, and a big need for great innovation, not just in products but across the organization.
It enables the construction to function as a self-managing ecosystem with less need for external energy.
And all the while, we are recruiting for business, marketing and IT professionals from the external market because we need those skills too.
A123 points to a recent breakthrough with batteries that can work in a wide range of temperatures without the need for external cooling or heating.
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Or to put it another way, he believes there is a vast amount of money locked up in industry's relatively inefficient supply chain - and if this money can be released smaller companies would have much less need for external finance.
If you do decide to fund the development of your company by adding money from external investors, you need to put a lot of time into thinking about the type of investors you want and how much money you think the business will ultimately require to get to profitability.
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Despite recent improvements, the government is still juggling a sizable external debt against the urgent need for expanded public investment.
To achieve this power savings, rivals need to add external dc-to-dc converters, increasing both the size and cost of their products.
TeleCruz designs a system-on-a-chip that equips a TV set's innards with modest e-mail and Web capabilities without the need for fancy external electronics.
"In a tablet market defined by staid black and white tablets, the new colorful MediaPad offers a personalized look without the need for an external case, " said Richard Yu, Chairman, Huawei Device.
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You'll also find a bevy of Microsoft and Toshiba software pre-installed, and while it only tips the scales at 3.79-pounds, you'll have to lug around an external optical drive if you need to spin any discs.
The drive is also USB 3.0 bus-powered, eliminating the need to carry an external AC power supply.
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One big question about external data is: Do you need to move it?
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In the meantime, Sony will need to recover from external and internal blows and, like the departed Spider-Man, come out swinging.
And because the shopping experience is integrated into the app, there's no need to launch an external browser or visit a Web page to download or complete a purchase.
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Jon Iwata, senior vice president of marketing and communications at IBM, says top marketing executives need to manage both internal and external communications.
Beneath the two passenger decks of this modified super jumbo is an Air Force One-style air-stair -- allowing access to the tarmac without the need for a sky-bridge or external staircase -- and a crew dining area, crew gallery, crew bathroom, sleeping quarters for eight on bunk beds, a communications room and spiral staircase leading to the main deck.
This need to create a complete value chain that incorporates external data is widely understood.
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The ending of the tax break in December has increased the need for inward investment by foreigners to finance the external deficit.
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Italy might not need to leave the euro on grounds of its net external liabilities, and its primary budget (ie, before interest payments) is under control.
When companies abandon their perfectionism and begin setting more realistic goals, they need to make sure that they are measuring themselves by external benchmarks, rather than by some internal standard.
The European Union's Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner spoke in an interview Monday about the need for follow-up.
Often, external pressure, not least from regulators wielding big sticks, spurs recognition of the need to change.
The more rigid wages are, the greater the need for a flexible exchange rate to help the economy respond to an external shock.
Yet despite companies recognizing the need for IT security professionals to combat the increased threat of hackers and external cyberattacks, they are finding a job market almost devoid of talent.
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