By comparison, dodging foreign-policy issues is easy and electorally painless.

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How about the fact that powerful unions have driven up wages and benefits and pension plans to the point where they've placed many U.S. workers out of the market and made foreign labor more attractive in comparison?

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Even before this, the range of models offered by these foreign brands were quite limited in comparison to their local counterparts.

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The weaker dollar is making fancy foreign wines pricier and domestic wines more attractive in comparison.

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Its bonus pool is small by comparison with sums recently announced by some foreign rivals.

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Not at all, says Malan, noting that people shouldn't make an "us vs. them" comparison between U.S. and foreign-based firms because so many companies with headquarters overseas provide jobs for Americans--5.1 million jobs, in fact, according to OFII.

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In this case, it makes sense to use a foreign exchange broker or understand the detail yourself by using a comparison site such as FX Compared.

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The other side of this coin, of course, is that the dollar could strengthen in comparison to emerging markets currencies, in which case foreign exchange losses might quickly surpass the yield.

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An apt comparison is between Greece and the NASDAQ bank index of 473 domestic and foreign banks.

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Secondly, the foreign-owned companies were simply also better at coming up with new stuff on their own, in comparison to their domestic counterparts.

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