Some varieties of Guatemalan coffees now cost about 70 cents more per pound than the global benchmark contract traded on IntercontinentalExchange Inc.
He intends to, in part, be his own secretary of state, focused on re-sculpting America's global social contract and working in partnership with a diverse team of hard-edged policy players like Clinton to make even his rivals do his direct bidding.
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But in the process, global demand will contract as emerging economies are forced to raise interest rates to deter capital outflows.
In 1998 Compass won the first global food-service contract with Philips to feed 270, 000 of its staff.
In March, the normally optimistic World Bank said global economic output will contract this year for the first time since World War II, and that international trade will decline the most it has in 80 years.
Tourism Australia is now in the final stages of awarding one of the most lucrative accounts in Antipodean advertising: the three-year contract for its new global marketing campaign.
In a case of excellent timing, Uniqlo announced last week that it signed Scott to a multi-year contract to serve as a global brand ambassador.
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In particular, Misek asserts that 170 million global smartphone subs will be coming off contract in the 2012 second half, with another 450 million coming off contract in 2013.
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Sometimes being in a global company means you could be subject to a contract attempting to span all operating locations, not just your current residence.
Cooper and Nemerever's strategy is based on the premise that honoring a contract is paramount for any country in the global economy, and restructuring a loan can be seen in that spirit.
The global outsourcing group, Accenture, has recently taken on the contract to provide the work and said it is now reviewing operations.
The use of informal contract labor in underdeveloped markets is blamed by the McKinsey Global authors for missed deadlines and other cost overruns.
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Dave Brown, from Lancashire, works for the global services arm of BT, told BBC Five Live that agency and contract staff were taken on in the knowledge they would be the first to go.
In the MF Global case, auditor PwC has been sued for its alleged negligence and breach of contract in not performing its duties by some Montana farmers and by customers acting on behalf of the bankruptcy trustee.
However, a spokeswoman for BBC Global News said this latter agreement was a "commercial content licensing deal" and completely separate to the iPlayer contract.
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