Federal prosecutors are again indicating they mean business in going after the online poker business.
Their first order was to deploy uniformed marines in Manila shopping centers and other busy spots to show criminals they mean business.
Alliances of river protectors exist here and they mean business.
By setting out clear targets for inflation or monetary growth, and by adjusting interest rates whenever those targets look like being missed, they can let markets know that they mean business.
For the 50 or so in attendance, Director Cordray and many of his top luitenants flew cross-country to Silicon Valley to send a clear message they mean business, and to offer a nibble of a locally sourced, organic carrot.
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The time they will convince me is when the time comes and they decide okay, we mean business, we want border security, we are doing it today.
One lesson the British utilities have learnt is that privatisation cannot mean they are free to conduct their business as they wish.
But, despite the frustrations of getting started, the board displays admirable resilience: its members now have desks, some even have business cards, and they mean to monitor that census by tirelessly demanding briefings and testimony and documents from Mr Prewitt's team.
But when they do deck out in Bebe it can mean brisk business for the 104-store chain.
As a company serving the cell operators, Upstream has an interest in the major operators recognizing the variance in the developing market: the company asserts that because no Apple-Android duopoly exists in emerging markets, operators can play a greater role in how they develop which would mean more investment and thus more business for Upstream.
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Indeed, euro-zone ministers have said they may just press ahead with their own FTT if they cannot win EU-wide agreement which could mean extra business for London from the likes of Frankfurt and Paris if Britain vetoes the idea.
When a professional service firm refuses to have any conversation off the clock or a company never leaves any money on the table in a negotiation, I always become concerned that they really do not understand that they are in the relationship business where referrals and word of mouth mean a lot.
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We often say that entrepreneurs and successful business people are resilient, by which we mean that they are able to stay focused on their goals, take the long view and keep plugging away amidst adversity and set back.
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In fact, when the Business Roundtable came to us with a list of things that they felt were adding uncertainty, I mean, I will tell you some of the things they have on the list, which were equal-pay-for-equal-work laws, our attitude was, you know, feel certain that I think women should be paid as much as men -- (laughter) -- and you should just take that to the bank.
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