In social as in economic policy, the government prefers local experimentation and piecemeal expansion.
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We have witnessed both international investment companies and local Chinese companies focusing on expansion plans within the past decade.
In the Caribbean, the widespread media expansion and the local market situation have led to an alarming crisis in local programming.
The new finance minister, Teresa Lubinska, exemplified the government's uncertain touch last week by blithely dismissing foreign hypermarkets as unwelcome investors, and boasting of her work in local government to frustrate their expansion.
Sainsbury's, formerly the market leader but now in second place, is planning a big expansion of its Local stores over the next three to four years, creating in the order of 10, 000 jobs.
Pinewood wanted a local partner to help make the expansion into the Chinese market as effective as possible.
But, although Longbridge plays a big role in the local economy, it is the expansion of services such as the conference trade, law and accounting which have been the big job generators in the west Midlands in recent years.
And that is the big difference between the foreign giants and their Asian competitors: the foreigners have the resources to stick to their expansion plans, while local firms are pulling back further with each additional piece of bad news.
"Local support is a key factor for business expansion, " he said.
The "pupil passport" scheme would mean the abolition of the surplus places rule, which can limit the expansion of individual schools in a local area.
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Investors are also concerned about the financial problems of Chinese solar companies, which have accumulated heavy debt obligations over the past several years to fund capacity expansion, with the support of local banks and government.
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They said the scheme would "on balance" be acceptable as it would "facilitate the expansion and growth of an important local manufacturer and in this instance this would outweigh any impact upon the city's heritage assets".
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Administration officials said Bush will ask federal agencies to work with states and local communities to try to identify ways for refinery expansion.
He added that the firm had a policy of sourcing locally wherever possible and, as a result, this expansion would create spin-off benefits for the local economy.
For the last fiscal year ended on March 31, infrastructure output increased 2.6%, much slower than the 5.0% expansion the year before, underscoring the slowdown the local economy experienced over the past year.
In a similar vein, well run foreign retailers such as Tesco and Aldi, a German hard discounter, may find their expansion in America goes better now that so many local rivals are feeling pain (the two firms are fighting a price war against each other at home in Europe).
This expansion attracted more money, from Scottish Enterprise Tayside, a local economic-development agency.
However, she said the expansion of services allowing people to order online and collect from local stores was luring shoppers back to the High Street.
"We believe an improved public transport network is essential if our area is to create new jobs for local people, so the completion of the Odd Down park and ride expansion is a step in the right direction, " said Ian Bell, Director of the Bath Chamber of Commerce.
Thomas Frist says he will immediately end doctor-hospital partnerships (and dismantle existing ones), tone down Columbia's high-pressure marketing tactics and limit the firm's expansion into communities where Columbia has met (and often steamrollered) local opposition.
The Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, announced after market hours Wednesday that Brazil was extending to 720 days from 360 days its recent 6% financial operations, or IOF tax, on local institutional dollar borrowing from offshore subsidiaries in an attempt to cut into credit expansion and dollar inflows.
It marked an expansion of the "Made in NY" initiative, which celebrates the local media and entertainment industries, and highlights the growing importance of the tech sector to the city.
Some local school officials across the state complain that a decline in state education spending has slowed expansion of education programs, including preschool.
The program, which is especially important to mayors and local leaders, highlights the important role that infrastructure financing can play in catalyzing private investment, and its expansion was a significant step towards more innovative infrastructure financing.
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