Were the Pru to move abroad, that would protect their substantial US business from becoming seriously uncompetitive as a consequence of Solvency ll.

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In practice, companies simply cannot move fast enough to stop the dodgy goods from going abroad, nor can they realistically afford to employ a brigade of border representatives armed with bagloads of Vietnamese money.

ECONOMIST: New moves to protect foreign companies

The fear is that once the unprecedented capital controls - which are in place for an indefinite time - are lifted, the wealthiest will rush to move their deposits abroad, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Nicosia.

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In addition, as companies invest more abroad, they need to be able to move senior staff freely from one part of the world to another.

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Bar companies from deducting as a business expense costs associated with shutting U.S. operations to move them abroad.

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