It is as true now as it ever was that the weakest part of a chain is where you should attack, and the supply chains in our modern global, hyper-connected economy are highly extended and, for larger international corporations, you can have upwards of 5, 000 to 10, 000 smaller suppliers inputting to your end products and services.
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The fact that it's here means that somewhere between where it started and where it is now there's a molecule with the right vibrational frequency'.
Now that trend is starting to reverse: The exchange rate is now back where it was six months ago, and UBS reports Indian gold demand at a five-month high.
The significance of that change is that the US cannot now be said to have got back to where it was before the recession hit in 2007, unlike Germany and France.
Taken at face value, what I take Aslund to be arguing is that manufacturing in the Baltics is now, in early 2012, substantially ahead of where it was before the financial crisis.
What is clear at least is that BetOnSports is effectively losing its cash cow by shutting down its U.S. activities, where till now it has garnered three-quarters of its business.
Where it does get interesting is that Samsung now finds itself in a two way fight: quite possibly trying to argue the opposite in each case.
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An IMF paper calculates that even if the savings rate remains close to where it is now, gross debt may exceed gross household assets by 2015.
But from where it is now, growing at that pace would mean China transforming itself from a country driven by exports, manufacturing and investment to one centred around domestic services and consumption.
But what we've got now is a situation where it is falling, that's helpful but bad weather on the way and we've got to hope in fact it's fallen sufficient not to create any further effects in York.
This is because while Apple can afford to keep the lid on every little detail about its forthcoming products, letting hype build up like a pressure cooker, Research in Motion is now in a position where it has to create that momentum itself.
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It now seems that Labour is indeed a little short of generosity where the Lib Dems are concerned.
But as happened with Microsoft itself some years ago, Google seems now to have reached the stage where it is so dominant that its every move arouses suspicion.
Mr. SEAN GORMAN (CEO, FortiusOne): And trying to lock down this information now that it grows and expands I think is one of these Sisyphean tasks where we're never going to get there and we're going to really frustrate ourselves.
Opportunity made it across four metres (12 feet) on its drive and is now poised to continue observing parts of the rocky outcrop that sticks out of the crater where it has landed.
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What this means is that AMD may now have a chance to improve its position in the notebook market, where it has recorded much lower market share than observed in the desktop segment.
While it is true that virtualization may be creating a situation where there is now a single point of failure, the cost benefits of virtualizing servers are well documented.
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Some will point to the fact that where once the talk was of "tens of" British troops it is now hundreds and note that the defence secretary said in the Commons on Monday that it was not the government's "intention" for British troops to play a combat role.
Cemex's own answer is that the deal will give it a solid cashflow in western Europe (where it now operates only in Spain), opportunities in eastern Europe, and some integration of the two companies' operations in the United States, where both get about a quarter of their sales.
That fell to 905 million in the depth of the recession, but it is now almost back to where it was before, at around 945 million.
"I was Miss New York when the Barclays Center opened up and so I was looking forward to being able to be here, and now it's even better that I'm Miss America and Brooklyn is where I came from, " she said.
To put it another way, the Bank is saying that in a business-as-usual way, with no stigma attached and at a cheaper interest rate, it will provide the funds that till now it would only provide through its so-called discount window - which is where banks go to borrow in an embarrassing emergency.
ConocoPhillips already has large shale gas operations in the U.S. However, low gas prices in the U.S. due to a supply glut have forced Conoco to announce cuts in its plans to develop shale assets in the U.S. We think that it is now more keen to focus on international markets, particularly in Asia, where demand is robust and gas prices are higher.
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Now, the futures are just basically a way that people judge where the market is going to go before it opens.
It is now feasible to equip everyone with a unique "smart card" that tracks where they have been, grants entry to guarded areas and bars them from others.
She says she would prefer to move to a new high-rise condominium in downtown Bethesda, but that they decided to stay and renovate because it is more cost-effective and they like where they live now.
As a former resident of the SF Bay Area (where the BART is), frequent business traveller to WA DC (where MARTA is) and now living in Orlando, it is clear to me that Central Florida is missing out on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a future US MegaCity.
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Now it is true that there are certain countries, such as Spain, France, and Italy, where the flow of people from Russia increased during the 2000-10 period.
"There is certainly more interest now and support for speaking Zapotec, " adding that the revival of the Zapatec language is happening in places where it had been thought lost.
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