Many were purely commercial outfits seeking to benefit from privileged tax and customs status, and were often run by organised-crime groups.
As commodity prices rebound, governments are seeking ways to benefit and will seek revenue from these resources.
Now, like the Devangas, they are seeking federal recognition to benefit from more quotas.
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But, fearful of a stampede of benefit-seeking Roma (Gypsies), Britain is toughening eligibility rules for benefits.
He estimated that 30% of those seeking to move from Incapacity Benefit to Employment Support Allowance would be rejected.
Fifa said the advert breached South African law "by seeking to gain a promotional benefit for the kulula brand by creating an unauthorised association with the 2010 Fifa World Cup".
Both sides are of the view that it is imperative to handle China- U.S. relations and properly address our differences in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, noninterference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and seeking common ground while putting aside differences.
The father of an autistic man who was unlawfully detained by a west London council is seeking legal advice after his housing benefit was revoked.
"Individual Government Departments are responsible for taking decisions on the goods and services they acquire, taking into account the Government's policy of seeking value for money for the benefit of the taxpayer, " he said in a Commons written reply.
When our markets work, people throughout our economy benefit--Americans seeking to buy a car or buy a home, families borrowing to pay for college, innovators borrowing on the strength of a good idea for a new product or technology and businesses financing investments that create new jobs.
''During his first term as prime minister, Abe worked on improving Japan's relations with China by seeking to establish a partnership of mutual benefit between the two countries.
People who wish for the state to leave them be benefit society far more than those seeking expanded social services.
People who expect to earn low wages or who prefer leisure may make little effort to find jobs so long as they receive a benefit, and their job-seeking is difficult to monitor.
Perform duties for the greatest benefit of the public and restrain from seeking self-gain and from being an instrument of any group of people.
Chained CPI includes assumptions on consumer habits in response to rising prices, such as seeking cheaper alternatives, and would result in smaller benefit increases in future years.
The chained CPI includes assumptions on consumer habits with regard to rising prices, such as seeking cheaper alternatives, and would result in smaller benefit increases in future years.
Called chained CPI, the new formula includes assumptions on consumer habits in response to rising prices, such as seeking cheaper alternatives, and would result in smaller benefit increases in future years.
The new calculation, called chained CPI, includes assumptions on consumer habits in response to rising prices, such as seeking cheaper alternatives, and would result in smaller benefit increases in future years.
Chris Messina pointed out that people seeking to create their own activity stream applications could benefit from another open source project, status.net, that has implemented a protocol called OStatus that incorporates the activity stream formats.
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It also had a new formula for the consumer price index -- called chained CPI -- that wraps in new assumptions on consumer habits in response to rising prices, such as seeking cheaper alternatives, and would result in smaller benefit increases.
By accepting our interdependence and seeking to learn from each other, we will all benefit.
It involves joining up policies as diverse as housing benefit, work incentives and rules for immigrants seeking political asylum.
Sekerbank had hoped to be the latest Turkish lender to benefit from record-low borrowing costs by seeking to sell the bond at a yield of just above 5%.
The government is seeking to reassess all 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit - and its successor, employment and support allowance (ESA) - by 2014.
Meanwhile, those cashing out of a defined benefit plan are signing up with planners and brokers, seeking advice on decisions like whether it is better to take a lump sum or an annuity payout.
The Champions of Change roundtable discussion that I participated in was exhilarating and full of promising new ideas about how to improve the community college sector for the benefit of some of our most vulnerable citizens who are seeking a better life for themselves and their families.
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We should require rent-seeking analysis of each major regulation alongside the still rarely done cost-benefit analyses.
He said immigrants in future would be "subject to full conditionality and work search requirements and you will have to show you are genuinely seeking employment - if you fail that test, you will lose your benefit".
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