"We have come top of the table because of the international spread of our business and multi-brand business model and not because of any tax initiative, " he added.
In its recently held fourth quarter earnings call, Amazon disclosed that its e-book business is now a multi-billion dollar business that is growing at 70% y-o-y.
Multi-sided business models with a predominance of free services are one reason for this failure.
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Jobs was a multi-disciplinary business man, and start-up kind of guy, whose company hired a great designer in Ive.
Four are running in safe seats notably Abel Maldonado, the 31-year-old mayor of Santa Maria, who started life working in the fields but now runs a multi-million-dollar business.
When they try to persuade investors, and often themselves, that synergies abound (that two and two equals not merely five but six or more) in their takeovers of firms engaged in activities that they know next to nothing about, companies prefer such euphemisms as multi-industry business or non-related diversification.
While not considered sexy by Silicon Valley standards, the whole receivables management business (which often includes debt collections agencies) makes up a multi-billion dollar business.
The eBooks business which was non-existent till some years ago is now a multi-billion dollar business for Amazon and is growing at approximately 70% annually.
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Windows Phone 7 could be the next multi-billion dollar business for Microsoft after Windows and Office.
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Eight people charged over an alleged multi-million pound business fraud have appeared in court.
These days her company, Dermalogica, is a multi-million dollar business with offices in over 50 countries around the world.
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"It is a multi-billion pound business, because nobody has to pay any royalties to the author, " explains solicitor Mark Stephens.
Campus rights are a multi-million dollar business for beverage companies as they offer exclusive rights on the campus for several years.
Broadcast transmission fees are now a multi-billion dollar business and Aereo could be upending this stream of revenue for the big broadcasters.
We also believe YouTube is already a multi-billion dollar business, growing fast and with healthy operating margins, whose growth potential is not fully reflected in consensus.
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Buying a multi-million dollar business jet is not an impulse purchase but Steve Varsano, founder of the Jet Business, reckons his new showroom might catch some passing trade.
But if even 5% of the money invested globally is subject to fraud, that would make fraud a highly lucrative, multi-trillion dollar business where hardly anyone ever goes to jail.
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He has also built up a multi-million pound business advising banks and foreign governments, which helps to fund a network of charitable foundations devoted to promoting inter-faith dialogue and other causes.
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He had transformed Waste Management from a two garbage truck company into a multi-billion dollar business, and after leaving Waste Management in 1984, he was looking around for another opportunity.
For Frankel, offering millions of strangers a front row seat on the often messy and exhausting roller coaster ride that is her life, proved the ticket to building her multi-million dollar business empire.
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Weddings are a multi-billion-dollar business in China, with more than 10 million taking place every year.
Always-on, device-independent, multi-channel, anytime-anywhere access to business information and transactional capabilities is rapidly becoming the key differentiator for both customer and user experience.
The logic is hard to ignore: the narcotics trade is a multi-billion-baht business flourishing at a time when the economy is still depressed.
Plans to create a multi-million pound Chinese business park in London's Royal Docks have been revealed as the preferred option to redevelop part of the historic area.
Yet many democrats shunned the man, flinching from his dubious past (he built a multi-million-dollar business empire through shady dealings and is known to have backed at least two coups).
Samsung Epic 4G is designed to deliver one of the best multi-media experience for business users in several vertical industries such as healthcare, education, public safety, construction and professional services through superior speed and display innovation.
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He has bought out Sotheby's New York jewellery experts en bloc, taken half its French furniture team and is seeking to seduce to Phillips the impressionist, modern picture and contemporary art expertise of Sotheby's and Christie's in London, with all the multi-million-dollar business and contacts they can bring.
The multi-billion dollar world of business intelligence software is a fundamental response to this problem.
The multi-million pound holiday home business has been hit by Spain's recent economic crisis.
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