But it's got to be one that's realistically designed to weather this storm and to emerge at the other end much more lean,mean and competitive than it currently is."

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Appearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the president said he wants U.S.businesses to remain engaged and competitive on the world stage, but that offshore tax havens must be eliminated.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

"The lower the euro is, the more competitive these economies become and,therefore, the more the fiscal concerns are going to be reduced."

VOA: special.2010.05.07

America's support for democracy will therefore be based on ensuring financial stability,promoting reform and integrating competitive markets with each other and the global economy.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

Large flows of capital can raise currency values and make export-based economies less competitive.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

The Kennedys raised their children to be highly intelligent and highly competitive.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

And the industry would lose its protection from anti-competitive laws.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

And he says the Indonesian government is helping factories purchase modern equipment to make them more competitive.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

When the dollar gets cheaper, it raises the price of South Korean and Japanese exports like televisions and cars, making them less competitive.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Some business groups complain that the proposed tax changes will impose new costs on U.S.firms and make them less competitive in the global marketplace.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

He also hailed what he termed the complimentary nature of the two nations' economies,saying that both can be made more competitive through cooperation and integration.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

For some,the wave of suicides at France Telecom reveals the downside of the scramble to stay competitive amid the pressures of globalization and the recent economic downturn.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

But Hans Bader,a legal expert with the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, says the Honduran Supreme Court and Congress believed Zelaya had put their country in immediate peril.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

The U.S.Department of Energy gave the Vehicle Research Institute a $500,000 grant to improve the biogas refining process and then demonstrate whether the fuel can be cost-competitive in cars.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23