On the other hand, the coming escapade in Copenhagen vies with health care mandates to constrain business confidence, acting as a governor on the expansion.
It has long been speculated that Anglo might increase its stake in De Beers, which vies with Russia's Alrosa for dominance in the diamond mining industry.
In Russia, which now vies with Saudi Arabia to be the world's biggest oil producer, there are signs that President Vladimir Putin, who has recently consolidated the state's grip on various parts of the energy sector, may loosen the budgetary belt.
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They say politics gets in the way and that each union vies for miners' support and yet they don't always seek their best interests.
The Pavelot la Dominode is often considered the first among the region's many premier crus, although Mr. Bize's Les Vergelesses, from a rocky, well-exposed vineyard at the north end of Savigny, vies with it for supremacy in the appellation.
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But looking ahead, analysts say the rally's future depends on signs of a pickup in the U.S., which vies with China as the largest markets for Japanese goods.
Yet a third article came from executives of Express Scripts, a Fortune 100 company that vies with CVS Caremark for dominance in the pharmaceutical benefit management business.
It may be less keen on Dresdner doing a deal with Deutsche, in which it holds 5%, because it vies with Deutsche for the role of German finance's kingpin.
As of August 2012, the consensus opinion among investors seems to be that China would be unlikely to take restrictive actions against existing companies which are structured as VIEs simply due to the fact that there are so many of them in existence and due to the fact that the financial interests involved are already massive.
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