Now companies seeing demand increase can hire more workers and invest to spur production.
That package would have raised some taxes on oil companies and used the extra revenue to invest in renewable production.
This pre-approval service is great for companies that have an interesting concept, but are perhaps not willing to invest funds into production.
French luxury-goods company Hermes International bucked the trend, adding 2.3% after posting a 41% rise in net profit for 2011 and saying it will continue to invest in its production and distribution network over 2012.
More critical still, in order for Japan to maintain a surplus in its current account, companies should invest even more to expand production and sales abroad, so as to increase earnings that can be repatriated as dividends to Japan.
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Big Russian raw materials exporters certainly need to invest fortunes to maintain production in coming years.
But oil companies are likely to invest less in boosting production if they are forced to divert billions of dollars toward reverse-engineering a smaller pipeline.
John Van Dine, Sage's founder, says his company is about to invest in a new production facility that should reduce costs enough to make electrochromic windows competitive for homes by 2010.
For the most part it was only large corporations which had the capital to re-invest in beer production.
Understand that, and you understand why China is so keen to invest in North American energy production to keep the taps open.
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Shortly before the ExxonMobil-Rosneft deal was announced, Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, announced plans to make it much more attractive for foreigners to invest in Russian offshore energy production.
Ricardo Sagrera of Hilasal, a towel manufacturer, says that his firm has had to invest in new designs and production techniques to counter competition from Brazilian and Chinese rivals.
She said the union had "fought hard" during the consultation period to retain the site in Llantrisant and persuade the company to invest in the factory so production could continue.
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Durable-goods orders plunged 13.2% in August, partly because companies are too scared to invest their cash mountains to expand production.
Now, with precious few other opportunities to invest massive amounts to gain material production growth, Exxon is moving full speed ahead.
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It plans to invest the proceeds in lithium ion battery production as well as auto parts and solar cell projects.
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Companies horde cash when they feel there is not a good enough reason to invest in other companies, or in production or labor due to weak economic fundamentals.
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In our current paradigm, it is normal either for a select few to own the means of production or for a retirement-investing group of people to invest in companies they have no investment in besides money.
Yet it also meant that CafePress needed to invest in its infrastructure, such as with production and fulfillment operations.
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Part of an easy money, low interest rate monetary policy is to get corporate investors to take on risk and invest their money in production.
Rather we need to invest in cleaner oil and gas exploration and production technologies in the short term, and the commercialization of alternative energy technologies for the longer term.
Part of Clinton's plan calls for the U.S. government to invest in such technologies as solar cells to drive the cost of production down, and to offer tax breaks to companies that do the same.
Ford is focusing on expansion with plans to invest approximately INR 50 billion (USD 1.1 billion) into a new production facility in India.
Not only would lower tax rates spur more innovation and production than any proposed subsidies, they would also liberate private capital to invest in energy independence.
Brands that invest in a movie promotion can expect to pay for the placement in the film, the production of the TV commercial, the music rights, and the talent.
The company must invest euro6 billion-8 billion in gas production and infrastructure, and will allow competitors more access to its pipelines than is legally required.
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It is a smoking gun confirming what many acute observers have long alleged: that protectionism has enabled Japanese auto makers to make super-large profits at home which they then invest in research and development as well as the most advanced production technologies.
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