Councillor David Lindores, the chairman of the access group, says it is still difficult maintaining parity between the interests of recreational users of the outdoors and landowners.
So for Sony, maintaining a lead in video gaming is key to the group's overall health.
But Paul Wellings, chair of the research-intensive 1994 Group of universities, emphasised the need for maintaining quality across a diverse higher education sector.
As both Republicans and Democrats in Congress appear willing to cut funding for key energy innovation programs, a bipartisan group of Senators have spoken out in support of maintaining funding for an innovative energy technology agency that invests in game-changing research.
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For example, in the case of a failing banking group, regulators could sell off its core activities - thereby maintaining continuity for depositors - while allowing the rest of the organisation to go through a bankruptcy process.
The UK Contractors Group (UKCG), an industry lobby group, has been presenting politicians of all stripes with a case for maintaining spending on public works, in the long-term interests of the economy (and, not wholly incidentally, their own).
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Because of the imperative of maintaining high levels of capital in the banking part of the Co-Op, the group's ability to invest in its important supermarkets and other services could be restricted.
With a wide assortment of product offerings to its target group of low-to-middle class U.S. consumers and by maintaining its pricing power over suppliers, we believe Wal-Mart will be able to sustain its leadership in the retail industry.
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The social aspect is also important as maintaining a friendly atmosphere is a priority, so participants at the rallies are often members of a familiar core group from various geographic locations who enjoy spending time together while sharing their passion.
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Take oilfield services giant National Oilwell: First Reserve led the group that bought the company in January 1996 from USX and took it public eight months later (while maintaining a controlling interest in the company).
Take oilfield services giant National Oilwell (nyse: NOI - news - people ): First Reserve led the group that bought the company in January 1996 from USX and took it public eight months later (while maintaining a controlling interest in the company).
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