Federal, state or even local governments cannot be driven out of business.
As I noted in my piece on some New Hampshire lawyers who find themselves having to pay Maine income taxes, multi-state tax issues are a source of aggravation for ordinary regional businesses or even local businesses in areas like New England, where, unless you start in northern Maine and drive south, it is very hard to go an appreciable distance without crossing a state line.
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The local arms of Toyota and Mitsubishi, while Japanese-owned, remain keen on retaining or even increasing local content.
The limits of federal (and even local or state) policy are very real.
It also means that whereas population growth may not be a global problem, it could often be a very nasty local one, causing conflict over local resources, especially water, and privation when politics (frequently) or natural disaster (occasionally) cause local scarcity or epidemic disease even within a wider world of abundance and improving health.
Hospitals have local oligopolies or even monopolies, especially after a recent wave of consolidation, so price competition is rare.
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The new bond will allow local governments or even citizen groups to submit proposals for purchases that would be eligible for matching private and federal funds.
Ask anyone in Manila -- or even anyone outside of the local province of Zambales -- and they will probably say you are mistaken, that no such place exists.
Other well-known chefs now travel the world and use Pop Ups as a way to market their home restaurant in local popular restaurants or even resorts, which offer dining rooms and advertise food-driven events featuring these chefs.
But if there is a good reason for central banks in monetary unions not to bail out subsidiary entities - whether they are local, regional or even national - then by definition there is an elevated risk of those subsidiary entities defaulting on what they owe.
It is possible, then, that you might have to file a state (or local) income tax return even if you are exempt from federal income tax.
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Our interest in local news, traffic and weather during drive times, for example, will remain strong, but we won't necessarily be getting it from local television news, or even radio.
If its a PI or stalker, local PD will light them up, tell them to move along or even let the reporting party know what is going on.
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You won't know what the local facilities are like, or even what age-group tends to favour the location.
Foreigners and moneyed local residents who even three or four years ago would have hesitated to hail a taxi in the street or walk around after dark now do both without thinking twice.
But the fact is few brands have invested the time or resource to understand the local markets, and even fewer are doing more than Marketing 101.
Complementing the sartorial splendor was a striking dearth of valuable information about his business, such as a study of the local printing market, financial projections or even a business plan.
Likewise, for the time being, any increasing revenue seen by using group buying or local commerce websites is also excluded - even when the payment is actually made through the Internet.
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The problem he encountered was that, for the most part, local businesses do not have Web sites or even Internet access.
They can also be used to transfer data, such as MP3 files, from one computer to another--or even to a home entertainment center--over a local area network.
Its buildings, a group of low log cabins outfitted with fireplaces, taxidermy and animal hides, have been preserved through the decades, making this a local destination, even without much signage or promotion.
Still, even data stored only on a local computer or drive can be compromised by a determined hacker who targets it when the machine is online, or if it is lost or stolen and falls into the wrong hands.
There are a couple of political changes at the local or state levels which would make the situation even better.
"We recognize that portability is key to a compelling music experience for consumers, and the biggest challenge for music cloud services to tackle today. mSpot has spent the past five years perfecting its proprietary over-the-air delivery technology so music plays from the cloud so fast it feels local - even when cell coverage is spotty or non-existent, " said mSpot CEO Daren Tsui.
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Theological differences that appear arcane or even meaningless to many people today triggered a seemingly interminable round of local and international wars.
But with demand growing by thousands of percent, and with local zoning authorities slow to approve new tower construction or even modifications, more spectrum is essential.
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For distant exchanges, a spot in an Equinix center makes them local to trading desks in Chicago or New York, even if they are located in Tokyo or Sydney.
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In addition, the solo 401(k) Plan account can be opened at any local bank, such as Chase or Wells Fargo and even at many financial institutions, such as Fidelity.
What we may be seeing is a recognition that the unions have to take care of themselves first and foremost and that the battleground to accomplish that objective is at the state and local level -not in the halls of Congress or even the White House.
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If it is a local issue and only effecting the channel the game is on, don't waste your time calling DirecTV, Dish or even your cable company, your best bet is to call your local affiliate and report your issue -- just look up their number on their website and ask for engineering.
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