Given the dearth of attention to conditioning the security-relevant activities of companies that receive federal contracts (by way of the General Services Administration's application process), such business operations will likely increase as economic activity recovers in emerging markets.

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For instance, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin are both focusing business development in their information services units on healthcare support and cyber-security, markets that are strongly influenced by federal policies but where there is extensive sales potential beyond traditional military customers.

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Tenants include the magazine publisher Conde Nast, the government's General Services Administration and Vantone Holdings China Center, which will provide business space for international companies.

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"Customers whose companies have branch offices in Bangladesh, and run all different platforms and all different OSs, those customers will look to IBM, HP, and Compaq to provide comprehensive services, " said Paul McNamara, general manager of the business enterprise unit at Red Hat.

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After General Mills pulled out of the animation business, Biggers became vice president of promotion and creative services at NBC.

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