While domestic strengthening of institutional frameworks for the financial and corporate sectors is no doubt required, there is also a need for an architecture -- some sort of international "public good" -- to maximize the advantages of international capital market integration while mitigating its risks.

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"International markets have good longer-term growth potential for HP, as international operators are beginning to realize the advantages of new drilling technologies, " Urness wrote.

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Whatever embarrassments China might have to put up with over this partnership, Beijing on balance derives advantages from its role as a broker of international efforts to contain North Korea.

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Better leveraging on these Singapore advantages will bring positive outcomes and better position SGX for international outreach.

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The increase in the number of civilian casualties inflicted in the Gaza Strip, and the consequent shift in international support for Israel, probably weighs more heavily than any modest advantages in terms of destroying additional rockets or Hamas infrastructure.

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The Bahrain International Circuit said that the race will bring economic, publicity and public relations advantages to the country, and denied that it is a government pet project.

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According to Peter Kagwanja, Southern Africa director of the International Crisis Group, which focuses on conflict prevention, pushing people out of the cities has several advantages from the government's perspective.

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