Thus, the region has lost out on jobs, political conventions, bright minds, and potential business relocation.
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It appeals to people as potential business owners, but not as parents, neighbors and citizens.
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Would-be entrepreneurs in some countries are more afraid of bankruptcy than potential business founders in other nations.
Even CarlIcahnCarl Icahn, the corporate raider who now calls himself an "activist investor, " jumps on every potential business deal.
Instead of scolding customers, the company realized they had a potential business opportunity.
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But to connect with all that potential business can be daunting and confusing.
Even Carl Icahn , the corporate raider who now calls himself an "activist investor, " jumps on every potential business deal.
Large providers of care homes in England are to have their financial records regularly scrutinised in future to spot potential business problems.
One can imagine how 40 tons of neighboring debris might impact his bottom line and hinder other potential business investment in the area.
One potential business partner, James Van Alen, would not join him because he did not want his name beside a Jew's on the letterhead.
Erica Challis, a musician by profession and one of the producers of a major fan website, has turned her passion for Tolkien into a potential business.
As with any translator, you might want to use this with caution when dealing with important people -- like potential business clients or fathers-in-law, for example.
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Failure to make it in Moscow and being offshored on St Helena are not to be found on the CVs of potential business leaders of today.
Face recognition linked to Facebook or LinkedIn can provide an instant biography at a party, saving much embarrassment or providing useful lines for a potential business opportunity.
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The potential business value of improved weather forecasts is vast.
And those people that like to hear themselves talk may find that a five minute video is a great way to bore their recipients and lose potential business too.
Whether it is for potential business alliances, sales, marketing, supply chain management or just to escape the loneliness of being a solopreneur, making connections is vital for business growth.
So I fight against my unconscious biases by making sure I seek out the advice of, and refer potential business to, women at least as often as I do men.
Chicago-based Boeing will maintain a major presence in military markets, but it has been repeatedly disappointed by its defense customer in recent years, losing hundreds of billions of dollars in potential business.
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Unlike some Web-based phenoms, the location check-in service Foursquare has an obvious potential business model: local ads based on your geographic location, perhaps coupled with inferred interests from your previous check-ins.
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Living in a larger city means you have more potential employers, more potential friends and romantic partners, more potential business partners, more bars and restaurants to choose from, more cultural amenities, and so forth.
The survey, which included responses from 1, 200 overseas travelers, also found that more than two out of five potential business travelers won't come to the U.S. in the next five years for the same reason.
Nathan Myers, director of consulting services at Sageworks, said that in addition to protecting your business against a hit related to a default, there are other, more subtle reasons to check creditworthiness of potential business partners.
Once you define the scope of your potential business and the corresponding potential market for your products and services, you need to determine why a consumer or business would purchase from you rather than a competitor.
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Corporations with departmental compliance programs that either (a) exist in informational silos, or even (b) communicate with (but only with) the Legal Department, may be at greater legal risk than necessary, as well as sacrificing potential business efficiency, effectiveness, and agility.
And in the global marketplace, it is sometimes hard for a company to check out a potential business partner in a country riddled with corruption and crony relationships between tycoons and politicians - as many countries in eastern Europe and Asia notoriously are.
Somewhere in there, Acer weighed its existing Google business against its potential Aliyun business and decided to fold what looked like a losing hand.
With business aviation poised to become an essential part of Asian business growth and prosperity, the potential for business aviation in Asia is enormous.
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You are investing in building loyalty through a repeat visit, so give an offer that reflects potential future business.
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