It boasts of offering a one-stop service for investors, but local municipalities have plenty of red tape of their own.

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When the regent of Gianyar in Bali introduced a "one-stop service" in the early 1990s for business licensing and permits, local tax revenues jumped by 70%.

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Lawson said the pre-arranged financing and a focus on customer service (Ygrene opened a physical storefront at 2600 Capitol Avenue to offer one-stop service for property owners and contractors) are intended to speed completion of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water efficiency projects undertaken by qualifying property owners.

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He proposed that there should be a new independent regulator with teeth, which could also offer a "one-stop-shop" mediation service for libel and privacy cases, as an alternative to the courts.

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Steam is a wildly successful digital download service, a one-stop shop for the best PC games, sometimes at steep discount prices.

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InPhonic, of course, also operates its own site, Wirefly.com, which provides consumers with a one-stop online shop to compare wireless plans from service providers such as Verizon Wireless, Cingular and Sprint Nextel.

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The 500Friends loyalty service is designed to be a one-stop shop for companies to get up and running quickly and includes a package with analytics, fraud management, points redemption, segmentation and personalization.

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In October the Secret Service busted a site with 4, 000 members called Shadowcrew, calling it "a one-stop marketplace for identity theft, " a federal indictment says.

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