So one way of seeing what is happening today is that our biggest banks are being forced to become less global, less diversified and more focussed on their British customers.
Buying means exporting wealth and we must recognise that in years to come, going this route will make the UK a less important global customer, less able to negotiate the best terms, and this will accelerate the downward economic spiral.
Too often, we read or hear leadership commentary from consultants, researchers, and academics, and less from global leaders.
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What all the console makers are not hiding is that they are launching a marketing blitzkrieg that will stop at nothing less than global domination.
The main difference between the major party candidates in 2008 was that Barack Obama appeared to be more determined to spend money but less enthusiastic about global war-making.
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It might nonetheless appeal to developing countries, who appear less bothered about global warming than about maintaining the principle that they should be exempt from rules to curb it.
Even if Iran doesn't follow through with its threat, the country is still likely to ship less oil to global markets because of the embargo, which is to take full effect on July 1.
The mystery of pregnancy and the heroism of Lindbergh combined to give a distinction bordering on the divine to my very own mother, for whom nothing less than a global annunciation had accompanied the incarnation of her first child.
The example of August Busch III focusing on controlling the U.S. market and less interested in global markets, plus relying on marketing rather than the individual quality of the product, showcases the pitfalls that companies endure over decades were they stagnate.
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Yet global warming observed less than two decades after many scientists had predicted a global cooling crisis prompted the United Nations to organize an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and to convene a continuing series of international conferences purportedly aimed at preventing an impending catastrophe.
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Despite sitting on 30% of global gas supplies, Russian LNG production accounts for less than 5% of global share.
To put things into context, despite sitting on over 30% of global gas supplies, Russian LNG production accounts for less than 5% of global share.
Less open than many other Asian economies, India was less exposed to the global downturn.
Whereas in developed countries sometimes we can be less aware of the global issues.
But the side effects of fracking look less rosy from the global perspective.
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But he argues that the cost of this insurance will make London less competitive as a global financial centre.
According to a recent study by the Conference Board, top executives are less worried about the global economy today than they were in 2008.
This rate makes U.S. companies less attractive in a global economy.
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The report notes the new form would impede employer flexibility to meet urgent business needs, making U.S. companies and customers less competitive in the global marketplace.
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Exports accounted for only 15% of India's GDP in 2008, compared with 33% in China, so India should have been much less affected by the global downturn.
While attracting investment from overseas is often a good thing, left unchecked, inflows make local currencies stronger, which causes a country's goods to become less competitive on the global market.
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Yes, China and India, which for years have been far less connected to the global capitalist system than South Korea and the others, have fared much better in this crisis.
Sales in its solar cells business, which hampered full-year 2012 result, continued but narrowed, due mainly to less competition in the global photovoltaics market and rapid growth in the rechargeable battery business.
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The company has also emphasized the economic impact of listing phthalates as a Chemical of Concern, claiming that such a listing would result in higher costs, job losses, the closure of businesses and would make U.S. companies less competitive in the global market.
Despite the growth trends, Africa still attracts less than 5% of global FDI projects.
They make up less than 5% of global reserves and there are no private securities in SDRs.
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But, overall, the emerging world will be less of a buoy to global growth than it has been hitherto.
When loggers cut trees in the Amazon, both local and global farmers have less easily accessible water for crops.
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