AA, he has championed the cause of the traditionally lower-margin audit business, and (colleagues say) has been sceptical of the firm's expansion into other activities, such as consulting.
Thomas Frist says he will immediately end doctor-hospital partnerships (and dismantle existing ones), tone down Columbia's high-pressure marketing tactics and limit the firm's expansion into communities where Columbia has met (and often steamrollered) local opposition.
Carrefour's chief executive, Lars Olofsson, has been under pressure from activist shareholders to reverse the firm's global expansion and focus on Europe.
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If an international firm has been planning an expansion in the U.S., it only makes sense to make a move when the dollar is relatively low.
The expansion enables the firm to produce lactose - an ingredient widely-used by the food industry in products such as confectionary - for customers across the UK and Europe.
While the United States stands firm on limiting this round of expansion to Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, the NATO official said a final decision will be made only after debate among the leaders of the NATO countries that could be preceded by a meeting of NATO foreign ministers Tuesday morning.
In the case of Apple, the decision as to what to do with its cash is tied up with a broader discussion about whether the company is transforming itself from being a growth stock - a highly innovative firm that reinvests its profits in expansion and new products - into a mature company with a stable business that pays a regular dividend.
With each new market the firm is establishing a beachhead for further expansion.
The 2 Sisters Food Group, which is owned by Boparan Holdings Limited (BHL), said the move would secure the future of 11 sites across the UK and the jobs of 6, 000 employees, while helping the firm meet growing demand and the allow expansion into the red meat industry.
"The city's debt load has increased substantially over the past decade resulting from an aggressive infrastructure and economic development expansion plan, " the ratings firm said.
The rise in passenger numbers fell short of Ryanair's target of 25% expansion a year, but the firm is confident of getting growth back on track.
At Starbucks Mr Schultz replaced Jim Donald, and promptly changed the firm's strategy but the rapid expansion that got Starbucks into trouble was Mr Schultz's strategy as much as Mr Donald's, says Jeff Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Management.
The firm said the 4.7% increase followed an expansion drive which included the opening of a new base in Stirling.
The firm is bringing in new faces to help drive this expansion.
The Japanese developer and manager has its sights set on Paris as a launch pad for European expansion, according to the head of the firm's business in Europe.
The last time the firm held an event, it was to announce the expansion of their iFund, a fund focused on investing in startups developing apps for Apple devices.
Since 1950, the firm adds that the growth in tort costs has exceeded the expansion in gross domestic product by an average of two percentage points.
The three-stage expansion project has been designed by Mark Foley from architectural firm Burrell Foley Fischer LLP.
Back in 1998, when the firm opened a new mine called Yandicoogina, planners expected a slow expansion in output to 15m tonnes a year in the remote future.
On top of this, investors must weigh the likely success of Wal-Mart's expansion overseas where, in the longer term, the firm will have to find the bulk of its growth.
Benetton, an Italian clothing firm, has 80 showrooms in India and says 75% of its expansion will be in small towns.
The authority said the firm's "inadequacies" led to costly delays in the Metrolink expansion, but Thales said problems were due to TfGM.
Examining the scores of variables that influenced each deal, the firm evaluated hard measures that influenced returns, such as leverage, multiple expansion, revenue growth and margins.
Although theories of a counterbid from Russian company Severstal for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus appear increasingly unlikely, the firm's billionaire owner, Alexei Mordashov, still has ambitious international expansion plans for his business.
The firm expects construction activity to slump 30% in 2009, after a 9% expansion in the first nine months of this year.
The main architect of Starbucks' expansion is seen as the best person to lead a return to the firm's roots as a specialist coffee shop with a local touch.
Nor can Mr Bezos take for granted the willingness of Amazon's investors indefinitely to tolerate the firm's accelerating operating losses, particularly if, in spite of its relentless expansion, sales growth continues to slow (see chart).
He added that the firm had a policy of sourcing locally wherever possible and, as a result, this expansion would create spin-off benefits for the local economy.
It is high time to get rid of oddities such as a small printing firm and a maker of fireplaces, and for Envergure to list on the stockmarket to facilitate quicker expansion.
The company's rapid expansion has helped it grow into the dominant player in an evolving industry: a nonbank firm that manages hundreds of billions of dollars in home loans on behalf of investors who own the loans through mortgage securities.
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