Hence, he is not the scion of a political dynasty like four of the past five Japanese PMs. When he entered politics to gain a seat in the Chiba Prefecture legislature, he had no pre-existing political organization or, critically, financial base.

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Any non-governmental organization (NGO) can register, and your base of operations need not be Europe.

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As Groupon has grown from a small website to a 10, 000-person organization, it has had to supplement its Chicago employee base.

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Combined with a new, streamlined organization, a substantially improved cost base, a strengthened capital structure, and a more customer-oriented culture, we have all the right measures in place to create shareholder value going forward.

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As a result and based on my knowledge of previously released demographic research by the Cardinals organization, roughly 35% of the Cardinals fan base originates from outside of the local 12-county MSA, with 4-6% per state coming from such places as Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana.

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If you can, you always want to be at a high-growth organization that is pushing the envelope rather than resting on their laurels of a large, installed customer base.

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