Chile's many trade pacts give businesses based there zero- or low-tariff access to a market of almost 1.3 billion consumers, points out Karen Poniachik of the government's Foreign Investment Committee.
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Preferred access to a market comprising the second largest population of the Southern Cone (45.3 million inhabitants) will give US business a head start as the Colombian economy is likely to expand in the coming years.
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The rewards for making difficult adjustments to get into monetary union were obvious: lower borrowing costs, access to a bigger market.
Doug Webb, QinetiQ's chief financial officer, points to acquisitions in America, giving QinetiQ's core defence business access to a far bigger market, and to increases in operating efficiency.
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Do you know that there are a lot of kids who live in communities that don't have access to a grocery store or a farmers market or a place to buy fruits and vegetables?
It is creating a central clearing house for foreign investors to directly access the Russian securities market without having to have a local broker.
According to a Dalbar study, access to market information may actually hurt the returns of the individual investor.
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The goal then is to create a fair market that enforces equal access to the grid and that allows big buyers a choice of supplier.
The idea is to help those on lower incomes in the community to have a little more access to the housing market.
And an insurance premium larger than before the layoff, which had to be paid on time in a market where access to credit was gone.
By allowing freer imports of Mexican pork and orange juice, Japan has gained its carmakers and other manufacturers access to a valuable North American market.
M-Farm, a service that gives farmers access to market prices for the cost of a text message and allows them to group together to buy and sell products, has won several supporters and awards.
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Should a company like Gazprom, for example, lose access to the U.S. bond market on a sustained basis, it would not only pay more for the funds it raises elsewhere (e.g. in Europe or Asia) but would likely find itself unable to attract the volume of funds required to meet its development needs.
And, smartphones give most of the target market easy access to a functional document scanner.
First, it aims at maintaining a secure access to the single market while making sure that his country does not get involved in what Cameron perceives as unnecessary policies.
"We have traditionally said 'come to Britain because it is a favourable climate and you will have access to his huge market', " said former Labour Europe minister Peter Hain.
When it comes to access to technology, some policymakers believe a hands-off approach that allows market forces to prevail is best.
Because of their low cost structure, tax efficiency and ability to access hard-to-reach areas of the market, investors have taken a strong liking to these vehicles.
South Africa, with a strong economy, provides attractive fixed-income opportunities while India, with a massive need for infrastructure investment, is a hard market to access given relatively under-developed capital markets. (Read: No Credit Bubble In Brazil, Just Dangerous Consumer Debt Burden).
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Most exports from Colombia and Peru to the U.S. are free of taxes under a 1991 law easing access to the U.S. market for countries cooperating with us in the war against drugs.
In a market where a dolphin safe label is a competitive necessity, access to that label effectively determines access to the American consumer market for tuna.
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That said, many poor Chinese would likely be unable to afford a new console, and the black market could still thrive with access to cheaper systems.
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Nothing is more dear to a finance company, especially one with a heavy hand in the subprime market, than its access to credit, something Countrywide Financial and others are finding out all too painfully.
The software-as-service (SaaS) company founded by Omniture co-founder Josh James in 2010 provides real-time access to business data and plays in a highly competitive market anchored by behemoths SAP and Oracle.
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He suggested such a product might be most beneficial for large or institutional investors who might be worried about whether they would be able to gain access to physical bullion on the open market in a time of a crisis and thus high demand.
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So what can we do to restore a sense of safety to the market without simply pulling the plug and losing access to all the liquidity computers enable?
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If a monopoly does have a lock in which restricts your access to the market then yes, it can indeed be just and righteous that the authorities intervene.
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Why wait for Access Linux or a garden-variety consortium to come to market, when Trolltech's got us covered right now with their Qtopia smartphone platform?
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The SEC has already proposed a number of changes designed to address their growing influence, including extra restrictions on broker-dealers that provide direct market access to high frequency traders, a trader tracking system for large traders, circuit breakers that would slow trading in individual stocks if they fall more than 10%, and new rules for off-exchange trading venues.
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