In its latest results, there was a clear difference between the company's performance in North America and in the rest of the world.
Six months later Musini made Purkayastha head of PAQ's sales in North America, paying him a 10% commission on every order.
"Much of the world's population in North America, Europe, most of China and large portions of Russia live near temperate forests, so what happens in these forests has global importance, " said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest resources at the University of Washington whose work was instrumental in maintaining the research plots.
The bull market in energy commodities has driven up transportation costs for manufacturers with global supply chains, leading some machinery companies to produce more in the U.S. for sale in North America.
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In 2003, the Nokia's sales of mobile phones in North America hit 32.4 million, or nearly 20% of the company's global volume.
Initially the company struggled, because it was targeting "everybody, " said Shiro Kitajima, the head of Panasonic's consumer marketing in North America.
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Unite Here, which represents about three-quarters of Hyatt's unionized workers in North America, battled the company for years over workplace conditions.
Ford's automotive operations in North America are hemorrhaging, amid a vicious price war, high plant and labor costs and plummeting market share.
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Of particular note, Lenovo's PC shipments in North America grew 30.8 percent, compared to the market that fell four percent, allowing the Company to pick up 1.9 points of market share there.
It will leverage Philips' strong brand, strength in innovation, and leadership position in these businesses, with Funai's strong presence in North and Central America - and Japan, and its supply and manufacturing expertise.
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Riegert expresses the hope that the next pope will be "more open to reforms and able to find answers to the Church's crisis in Europe and North America".
In the global economy, however, small ponds are at a disadvantage: Whereas baseball's popularity mostly resides in North America and the Pacific Rim, soccer is watched by the entire globe.
Dr Taylor credits this system with preventing another big blackout in his region, and says his counterparts in America's north-east could have avoided last year's blackout if they had had such a system.
The vessels include the Phoenix, which has featured in several films, and the Matthew, a replica of John Cabot's ship which charted North America in 1497.
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Next year it s pretty clear we will have a decrease in North America and especially in the U.S. When you talk with our colleagues and competitors in the marketplace there is a common understanding that the market could drop between 25% and 40%.
C-MAX Energi is part of Ford's first dedicated line of hybrid vehicles in North America and will soon be available for order at Ford's certified electric-vehicle dealerships.
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"I remember Steve very well from England's North America tour in 2001, " he said.
"We've always had the philosophy that we should build vehicles where they are sold, so it makes sense to have suppliers close to your manufacturing operations, " says Mike Goss, external affairs manager for Toyota's engineering and manufacturing division in North America.
Later, the manager of his campaign in the U.S., Gatien Bon, said Mr. Lefebvre has traveled extensively in North America and intends to create an association of French expats across the U.S. and Canada.
In this case the factor was Liquid Capital, a chain of financiers headquartered in Toronto. (It's one of two such franchised factoring operations in North America, the other being Interface Financial Group in Irvine, Calif.) Under this arrangement, Lee Doernberg, a Liquid franchisee in Alpharetta, Ga.
According to IDC, BlackBerry 10 is set to battle it out with Windows Phone 8 for the No. 3 smartphone operating system worldwide in 2013, behind Android and Apple's iOS. While its grip has slipped in North America, BlackBerry has maintained a strong presence in such far-flung places as Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and some South American countries.
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With high ticket prices and luxury boxes galore, the most valuable NFL and MLB teams not only rake in the most revenue in their respective leagues, their new stadiums are the only outdoor venues that rank among North America's top 10 in revenue per seat.
The first three months of 2011 were volatile for global stock markets as geopolitical unrest resulted in surging oil prices and a natural disaster led to a nuclear crisis in Japan, but initial public offerings were resilient, with U.S. deals helping North America lead the way in volume, proceeds and returns according to a report from IPO research firm Renaissance Capital.
Theaters by prize winners include Jean Nouvel's Guthrie Theater complex in Minneapolis (his first completed project in North America) and Frank Gehry and Hugh Hardy's Pershing Square Signature Center, the new home of the Signature Theatre Company on West 42nd Street in Manhattan.
Open 'til the end of May, it's the sixth largest ski resort in North America.
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All 122 teams in North America's four major professional sports leagues have official Twitter accounts.
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GM's crisis, once concentrated mostly in North America, has now spread to the rest of the world.
For the past 90 years Woodlawn has been a dairy farm, an endangered species in America's north-east.
Rescued by Fiat three years ago, Chrysler has become its majority owner's support, delivering enough profit from North America to offset Fiat's losses in Europe.
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