Brazil has become an expensive country, with a strong currency, and that has eroded the competitiveness of its industry.
"The Commission has reason to believe that Apple quickly will become a strong mobile advertising network competitor, " the FTC said last month.
But the cause has become a touchstone for those who want more technocratic government with a strong Thatcherite tinge.
Mr. Clarke believes that the economic and competitive climate in some markets, including the UK, has become more challenging and that Tesco should therefore concentrate its resources on ensuring a strong position in its core UK markets.
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Though his autograph has become the opposite of a rare collector's item, in-person sales remain strong.
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The worrying parallel is not that Argentina is a country with a strong Italian heritage, or that it was once rich but has become relatively poorer, but rather that it adopted an extreme variant of the old Italian model: high inflation, high public spending, high budget deficits and frequent devaluations.
While the energy topic has become a political issue, it should first and foremost be viewed as an economic driver that regions with strong energy assets can leverage to transition their economies.
To become a strong player, you may have to shrink your business, if your brand DNA has already been badly diluted or compromised.
While recent opinion polls continue to show Mr. Erdogan retaining a strong lead over Turkey's opposition, some pollsters have noted that Turkish society has become more polarized under the AKP government.
Germany has become a leader in solar and wind through public-private financing mechanisms to finance energy innovation as well as strong demand side policies, such as the solar feed-in tariff policy adopted by the government in 1991.
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