But foreign firms are scrambling for their own share of the African private equity market.
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Foreign firms are also looking to the Moscow exchanges as a venue for raising capital.
For now there is more project-by-project financing that brings in foreign firms such as Morgan Stanley.
In the same period, foreign firms have doubled capacity in America from 1.9m to over 4m.
Neighbouring Zhejiang province, a big export-manufacturing base, says 70% of foreign firms there are already unionised.
Foreign firms also want to export power to Western Europe, provided they can secure long-term contracts.
Foreign firms are required to divest 51% of mine assets after 10 years of production.
It has risen partly because India's own companies are eager to acquire foreign firms.
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Mind you, Solyndra complained their failure to compete was due to those foreign firms receiving subsidies.
Project managers at foreign firms' research labs are now frequently lured by local ventures.
Medium-sized foreign firms that rushed to create a beach-head in China may consider going offshore again.
Booming industries such as computing and telecoms are vulnerable, notably through standards that handicap foreign firms.
High capital requirements may prompt foreign firms to choose their local partners with extra care.
Foreign firms also make more attractive employers for those middle-aged managers who do have useful expertise.
Even if the foreign firms win their court case, the Indian lawyers are likely to appeal.
In 1996 foreign firms in Ireland exported 89% of their output, domestic ones only 34%.
Fact two: in most countries, foreign firms are creating jobs faster than are their domestic counterparts.
The only real secondary market is provided by foreign firms, not the Japanese issuers.
For these reasons and others, some foreign firms have already demonstrated positive behavioral and procedural change.
Foreign firms, even in infrastructure and consumer goods, also hold back, unsure of the politics.
So for the time being, Japanese and foreign firms will largely go their separate ways.
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Its investors could acquire foreign firms at low prices, thanks to European turmoil and American caution.
In fact changes have been numerous and abrupt, and none has benefited foreign firms.
It is building what will be by far the largest retail brokerage among foreign firms in Japan.
Foreign firms are looking to tap into China's booming internet market, amid sluggish growth in developed nations.
"China should encourage foreign-invested banks to ease difficulties foreign firms now face in raising capital, " he urges.
Foreign firms lament losing trade battles they might not bother to wage in a less lucrative market.
Belarus's open border with Russia makes it an easy route for foreign firms into that burgeoning market.
All in all, however, the foreign firms, especially the big American investment banks, are making huge strides.
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Like other foreign firms it cannot set up wholesale or retail distributors to sell its full range.
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