In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Andrew added that the government's continuing moves to cut general corporation tax was another major factor behind his company's decision.
The general market place has stabilized this week, which is a bullish factor for the gold market, which has been trading in sync with the general raw commodity sector recently.
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This may be because speculators feared that the takeover would be scotched or because of the general fear of Medicare fraud becoming a factor again in the industry.
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The general debate highlighted the importance of the human factor in triggering and resolving crises.
Population growth will of course factor in as countries translate these general global targets into national policy.
The general economic outlook is the second most important factor.
Instead, the key factor behind export growth is the general health of the global economy, which determines how many units of Japan's competitively but not cannibalistically priced exports the world buys.
With its NVIDIA ION-based motherboard, the Pulse delivers the best graphics solution available for low-power, small form factor designs" says Drew Henry, general manager of the desktop GPU business unit at NVIDIA. "By adding the GeForce 9800 GT ECO, gamers can enjoy superior performance in a design that saves both energy and space.
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And general atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and heart failure.
By focusing on general issues rather than cross-border ones, the two companies underestimated a factor that would define, and could even scupper, the entire deal.
Bob Brodersen of the University of California, in Berkeley, has calculated that moving an application from a general-purpose software implementation to a specialised chip can improve efficiency by a factor of 10, 000 (the efficiency metric being millions of calculations per milliwatt of power consumed).
Another factor that could influence the Bank of England is the timing of any General Election.
Joining the Harvard Business School network "was an important factor" in choosing the school, says Riaz Bandali, vice president and general manager for MDS Pharma Services, who completed Harvard's advanced management program in the spring.
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"The iPhone is a big factor in rejuvenating a lot of the NAND market and the flash market in general, " says Alan Niebel, chief executive officer at memory and storage researcher Web-Feet Research in Monterey, Calif.
"Seminar" publisher Singh debunked the general view that the outcome will be a close call, saying that the anti-incumbency factor is overstated.
The Winter Olympics may be a boon for skiing in general, but for the ski resort stocks, "I don't think it's a big factor, " says analyst Irene Nattel, who follows Intrawest (nyse: IDR - news - people) for RBC Capital Markets.
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