Earlier, we saw the London Exchange merging with the TMX Group, in an attempt to create a global competitor to the NYSE Euronext.
And because it was easier and profitable, it naturally became the main focus of Japanese (as well as global competitor) auto companies, with each new model bigger, heavier, and more expensive.
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After all, Agnelli helped turn Vale into a global competitor over the last ten years and only recently started to butt heads and fall out of favor with senior Brazilian politicians.
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We need a tax system that works for all Americans, along with a trade policy that allows us to be a strong global competitor in a manner that will not sacrifice our jobs.
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Corporate taxation is so heavy in the U.S. relative to other countries that even while enjoying its near-zero rate in Ireland, Apple ends up with roughly the same overall effective tax rate, 14%, as South Korea's Samsung, its main global competitor.
Merging Fiat and America's weakest carmaker, each a struggling regional manufacturer with annual sales of barely 2m vehicles, will produce a global competitor which can realistically aim to sell 6m, enjoying the same economies of scale as rivals like Volkswagen and Toyota.
He was a stand-alone CEO once a decade ago when he left the CFO post of Microsoft to run the Global Crossing competitor 360networks.
One of the things I can see from the local competitors, we don't have a global or even regional competitor.
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If our nation is to continue to be a competitor in the global ecomony we need a healthy pool of technically trained persons ...
Rivals such as Boeing and Lockheed are sure to lobby against the merger, since it would create a competitor with bigger global sales than their own.
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Expeditors' closest U.S. competitor is Houston's Eagle Global Logistics, with a 10% return on capital.
We are entering the age of the global Olympian, in which a top-notch competitor can be bounced easily from one country to another like a shuttlecock.
In a bit of scrambling news, discovery retail operation Birchbox announced today that it has acquired Paris-based competitor JolieBox, establishing themselves as a global brand without missing a single day of business.
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Mr Goss became a global hero when he turned back in a southern ocean hurricane to rescue fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli in the 1996-97 Vende Globe round the world single-handed race.
While investing in a global company based in Japan could be fundamentally like investing in a big U.S.-based competitor, only one of those stocks has currency exposure to a U.S.-based investor.
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