It is the small operators, too, that are most commonly mentioned in tales of worker abuse.
One high-tech OEM, for instance, counted both large corporate buyers and small operators among its customer base.
Small operators do not have such advantages, and building a big competitor from scratch would be difficult.
Over the past two decades, small operators have been squeezed out by the economies of scale achieved by large feed-lots.
Bankers said the only other institutions planning delayed payouts were small operators, such as boutique merger and acquisitions advisory firms.
Although these small operators charge quite steep prices, even poor households scrape together the money rather than live in the dark.
These small operators combine a lean operating ethic and a toolset designed to make a profit on that last bit of juice.
Small operators like Futura, Sterling, Maxjet, Oasis and EOS have also gone.
In contrast, small operators are betting the entire company on every well.
Small operators, by contrast, were often owned and managed by individuals with technology backgrounds who followed the latest developments with interest and were active researchers.
Many small operators are under-capitalised and exist on tiny margins.
Then you make an undocumented statement that expensive rules do not tend to apply to small business operators.
But many small satellite operators say Pegasus is priced out of their reach, and Virgin Galactic believes its air-launched alternative could be made significantly cheaper.
True farmers markets, where small farms operators bring their crops to urban and suburban locations to sell directly to residents, have experienced dramatic growth over the past 15 years.
The very same small business operators and hard-working American wage earners who, on election day, cast their votes for a Republican Party that bills itself as the party of fiscal responsibility.
Their methods tend to be less subtle (and their fees higher) than those of the old-style small-time operators.
But many of them have been granted to small and inexperienced operators, often partners of local companies tied to the government.
Feng Xiaoyuan, the former chief of animal husbandry, represented the small-time operators.
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But what catches the eye in both reports is how furiously the small American mobile operators are now forced to scramble for new customers.
But it illustrates not only how vulnerable the public is to the predations of small-time operators but also how such cases make it tough for honest entrepreneurs to sell nationally through the mail.
Even the much-publicized police raids in recent years on sokaiya (racketeers who threaten to disrupt shareholder meetings if not bought off) have netted only a few, small, independent operators not linked to the big gangs.
In a recent survey conducted by the maritime industry website gCaptain, only a small percentage of ship operators admitted to taking advantage of naval support, many were unaware of programs (e.g. public intelligence reports, convoys, etc) and, most surprisingly, some were not aware that naval officers are available at MARLO and CMF to answer their questions.
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But the obese, the gamblers, rugby players, skiers, the sedentary, the promiscuous who don't practice safe sex, those who won't wear helmets on motorcycles and bikes, horseback riders, pool owners, all-terrain-vehicle operators, small-plane pilots, sunbathers, scuba divers, and surfers -- all of whom cost us money and incur higher than average health care costs -- are still on the job.
Even if the rules do apply to larger operators more than small businesses, the impact on small businesses will be significantly larger.
To manage this demand, operators are combining small cells with their large scale infrastructure, which have the advantage of serving a smaller group of customers nearby.
Satellite operators would pay relatively small fees to their governments, who would contribute the money to the fund.
These are telephone booths converted by private operators who charge a small fee for connecting to the Internet.
The Uffizi Gallery oversees the passage and it can only be visited on small group tours offered by private operators such as Context Travel.
To find their "mooches" for this latest scam, for a small fee the boiler-room operators buy from the BLM computerized lists of leaseholders, many of whom had previously made their purchases through other scam artists.
Expertise in developing apps and software for mobiles is gaining momentum, and, moreover, smartphones tend to loosen the hold of network operators on phones, allowing small entrepreneurs to create products on the mobile platform.
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