Myth 2900: The steel industry in the U.S. is uncompetitive.
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Our current tax system makes U.S. companies uncompetitive around the world.
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What it does is it makes us uncompetitive with other countries.
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Sunday's uncompetitive conference championships were the final straw for many fans.
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Not every firm in which the state has a stake is uncompetitive.
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The physical hazards and uncompetitive salaries are enough to deter potential applicants.
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Our uncompetitive tax system also drives businesses out of the United States.
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Trade restrictions often are designed to protect inefficient or uncompetitive domestic industries.
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To do otherwise, say the Saudis, would be to subsidise uncompetitive producers.
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Existing subsidies for renewable energy have made other forms of production uncompetitive.
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Baseball's first postseason round this year was uncompetitive, to say the least.
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"From an investment perspective India could become uncompetitive and expensive," he said.
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THOSE ARE VERY, VERY UNCOMPETITIVE INTEREST RATE LEVELS FOR THE STOCK MARKET.
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Mr. Romney defeated Jenny Wilson, the Democrat, in his largely uncompetitive race.
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But those were the exceptions to a grim parade of uncompetitive contests.
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It also made ethanol uncompetitive with gasoline, costing producers $22 billion, he added.
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Nigeria is rich in hydrocarbons but produces little electricity, making its industries uncompetitive.
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This system makes for suppression of the minority party, uncompetitive elections, or both.
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Taxes, damaging regulations and immigration policy can make otherwise competitive domestic production uncompetitive.
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Our government was one of the most partisan and uncompetitive in the nation.
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Higher wages could appease workers but make the country uncompetitive, the unions say.
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That made 20083 one of the most uncompetitive state-election years in decades.
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But no previous Republican president has tackled America's perverse, uncompetitive corporate tax rates.
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N, a deal which U.S. authorities say is uncompetitive and wants to block.
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Decades of mismanagement and poor decisions made Sears an uncompetitive afterthought to shoppers.
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Smaller carriers, such as Sprint Corp, have argued the special-access market is uncompetitive.
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This isn't unique to Obamacare; these places have long had uncompetitive, individual insurance markets.
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People are also more likely to stay at home when the race looks uncompetitive.
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Products including beef, lamb and seed potatoes "would just become uncompetitive overnight," she added.
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Red tape, poor infrastructure and a strong currency have rendered much of industry uncompetitive.
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The economically viable sources of energy will flourish and the uncompetitive ones will fail.
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That happened amid complaints of limited product range and uncompetitive prices on the platform.
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The dollar amounts become high, word-of-mouth travels, and uncompetitive deals become competitive.
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This fed inflation that made Spanish industry uncompetitive, leading to a huge trade deficit.
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Loading private insurance companies with these expenses results in uncompetitive rates and market failure.
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Despite Mr Macri, the economy remains over-protected and many businesses are cheerfully uncompetitive.
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The government is currently forbidden from intervening to prop up uncompetitive UK-based companies.
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Yet America's convoluted and uncompetitive tax code remains and productivity growth, unsurprisingly, remains low.
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But even if you adjust for capacity factors, those construction costs make nuclear uncompetitive.
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As the cost of batteries drop, some carmakers see fuel cell vehicles as increasingly uncompetitive.
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And every signpost, higher taxes, uncompetitive code, more and more regulation, just said slow down.
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Floods of foreign capital raise the value of the currency, making non-oil industries uncompetitive.
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And it suggested that the existence of "zombie" firms—uncompetitive survivors—might be one explanation.
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That was because its governor's race (won by Phil Murphy, a bland Democrat) was uncompetitive.
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Mr Correa's expansionary policies pushed up wages and inflation, making Ecuador's non-oil exporters uncompetitive.
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AND THAT IS THE CURRENT U.S. SYSTEM OF TAXATION MAKES U.S.-BASED COMPANIES SIMPLY UNCOMPETITIVE.
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And new academic studies suggest the markets have been growing ever more uncompetitive over time.
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This is especially true in rural areas, and in uncompetitive markets with exorbitant marketplace plans.
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SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY UNCOMPETITIVE TAX SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
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But America's sluggish, expensive, and uncompetitive broadband industry could severely hamper video gaming's next evolutionary step.
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The Soviet Union also saw industrialization, albeit uncompetitive compared with Britain, the United States and Japan.
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The notion that somehow having uncompetitive taxes is good for our country is a crazy notion.
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Additionally, these providers could face hefty operational and reputational cost from acting badly in uncompetitive areas.
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The burdensome and uncompetitive U.S. tax code will finally be overhauled after a 31-year wait.
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Today, it's gerrymandering and partisan sorting that produce uncompetitive inter-party contests much of the time.
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In the name of reviving an increasingly uncompetitive coal industry, he withdrew from the Paris accord.
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If Congress doesn't change this situation, the U.S. tax system will become increasingly unfair and uncompetitive.
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The old, slow, technologically antiquated U.S. flagged ships carrying most cargo preference food aid are uncompetitive.
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No word from North Korea whether this was perceived officially or unofficially as an uncompetitive act.
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That means natural gas plants built today could be rendered uncompetitive well before their rated lifespan.
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Federal policies favoring increasingly uncompetitive fuel sources deflect from the real threats to U.S. energy infrastructure.
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First, you may think your area is uncompetitive and therefore not worth the effort of organizing.
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"I don't think people think it's a good idea to make our workers uncompetitive," he said.
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Under EU rules the government is forbidden from intervening to prop up uncompetitive UK-based companies.
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But he said some sectors, such as European smallholders and uncompetitive small businesses, could lose out.
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They impose domestic and foreign hardships and cost workers jobs while protecting incompetent or uncompetitive industries.
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The inflow of capital, in turn, led to a stronger dollar, which made U.S. manufacturing uncompetitive.
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Many also saw it as a protectionist move to shield uncompetitive European carriers, something the Commission denies.
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No longer will American companies be punished by uncompetitive rates of taxation and unnecessary rules and regulations.
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But many are inefficient, high-cost producers and are uncompetitive now that European sugar prices have fallen.
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However, the company has faced criticism from shoppers for a relatively thin product range and uncompetitive prices.
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They were totally uncompetitive on offense, and yielded 28 points to a Blaine Gabbert-led 49ers offense.
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They are ephemeral artifacts of the industrial age and are quickly becoming uncompetitive in the information age.
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Yet many analysts dispute that cause, instead citing uncompetitive salaries, inflated education requirements and biases in screening.
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BECKY QUICK: We've heard business leader after business leader though say that this is an uncompetitive situation.
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Some also saw it as a protectionist move to shield uncompetitive European carriers, something the Commission denies.
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The industry had long been uncompetitive, but to many South Australians it was part of their identity.
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The U.S. should act to protect its companies by reforming its outdated and uncompetitive corporate tax code.
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Corruption, an uncompetitive workforce, poor infrastructure and onerous regulations are likely to persist for the foreseeable future.
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Now, one could argue that turnout in Illinois was down because the Democratic primary had become uncompetitive.
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The huge number of early votes can lead to quick calls from news organizations monitoring uncompetitive races.
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And both companies are being probed over how their allegedly uncompetitive business practices may have impacted consumers.
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"I can't believe that people think having an uncompetitive tax system is a good thing," he said.
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This has led to the rapid-paced closure of uncompetitive coal-fired power plants across the country.
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Looking at the big picture, all Americans are harmed by uncompetitive elections, not simply Democrats or Republicans.
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It's almost certainly not happening, and even two wins puts them at an uncompetitive 7-8-13.
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Well, one of the reasons it started was that unions got piggy and they made companies uncompetitive.
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Russia's 2011 legislative elections, widely seen as undemocratic and uncompetitive, sparked major anti-Putin demonstrations in Moscow.
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It is no coincidence contempt for politicians and the prevalence of uncompetitive congressional races are rising in tandem.
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Then as now, there was a struggling team with a striking orange and black livery and uncompetitive motors.
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A simplification of our cumbersome and uncompetitive tax code could free up badly needed capital for infrastructure investment.
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But manufacturing sectors across the former Soviet Union are uncompetitive and businesses complain of shortages of skilled labour.
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A 46% tariff on lamb, for example, would make British exports uncompetitive in key markets such as France.
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Each time, his tax plan was summarily dismissed by Republicans who called the rate too high and uncompetitive.
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Kohl's decision to exchange Ostmarks at a 22:1 rate for Deutschmarks made swathes of firms uncompetitive overnight.
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The Alabama result also serves as a reminder that seemingly uncompetitive races can, under certain circumstances, tighten up.
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Replacing it with the do-little or do-nothing ACE rule won't save the economically uncompetitive coal industry.
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That ruthless partisan gerrymandering also turned Georgia's legislative elections into some of the most uncompetitive in the nation.
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Even a relatively modest increase in U.S. manufacturing costs can make American companies uncompetitive against their foreign rivals.
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The point is, Democrats look increasingly uncompetitive for the Senate in states that aren't at least purple-ish.
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Though the changes were designed to create more momentum swings in a match, many sets have been uncompetitive.
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I'm actually kind of surprised when people say having an uncompetitive tax system will be good for America.
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It wants the benefits of a job-producing competitive economy but fears relinquishing a job-protecting uncompetitive one.
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Uncompetitive districts elect a different kind of politician, who is then incentivized to cater only to their base.
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Each time, his tax plan was summarily dismissed by Republicans who called the rate too high and uncompetitive.
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LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Asset managers are uncompetitive, too profitable and don't think enough about investors in their funds.
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Instead of uncompetitive regional qualifiers, all of the Americas will compete for something like 13 or 14 slots.
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If we can feed in enough electrons without using coal, which is filthy and increasingly uncompetitive, why wouldn't we?
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Add to that uncompetitive economies and the flight of young people looking for better jobs, and prospects seem dim.
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It is also hard to firm up Mr Shaxson's claim that Britain's large financial sector makes other industries uncompetitive.
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And we let our auto companies become uncompetitive, because the Germans and the Japanese were improving all the while.
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First and foremost, the U.S. tax system is uncompetitive, with the third-highest corporate tax rate in the world.
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"We urgently need to address structural challenges that make India's airlines uncompetitive to airlines around the world," he said.
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Metro says wages currently paid at Real are far more generous than at rival chains, making the stores uncompetitive.
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Seaman had first contested a grand prix in 225 when he raced in Germany, but his car was uncompetitive.
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It said it would close down the most uncompetitive firms and reform the ownership structure of those that remained.
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He said that uncompetitive districts lead to lazy incumbents, less-qualified challengers and election campaigns that provide little clarity.
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Brent's premium to WTI is close to its narrowest since 2016, making U.S. crude oil uncompetitive in international markets.
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The FCA has powers to force through changes in the structure of the market if it finds uncompetitive behaviour.
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Our corporate tax system is unbelievably uncompetitive, has been that way for years, they're driving capital and brains overseas.
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Arizona has been uncompetitive in 11 of the last 13 elections, only favoring the Democrat in 1948 and 1996.
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Subsidizing uncompetitive coal plants would merely slow their inevitable closures and delay construction of cleaner gas and renewable facilities.
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Instead, the island, once a case study in diversified island economies, is now a bankrupt, uncompetitive and broken place.
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Those efforts have included imposing arbitrary and unnecessary usage caps and overage fees on broadband connections in uncompetitive markets.
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Industrial groups have called for the government to abandon the tax, saying it has made electricity prices in Britain uncompetitive.
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Little has changed at struggling McLaren during Alonso's brief sabbatical with the team still hampered by an uncompetitive Honda engine.
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Another consideration is the relatively high rig carry cost, which will financially force some market participants to retire uncompetitive floaters.
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This is often underdeveloped and uncompetitive, constrained by poor infrastructure and a lack of both skilled labour and cheap materials.
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Their best hope is often to be acquired by those very same titans, adding to the problem of uncompetitive markets.
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But what we really need is reform of the corporate side because that's where this country is uncompetitive right now.
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Due to the uncompetitive nature of this bout throughout its duration, the referee called off the fight with unerring immediacy.
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In his view, the major issues, such as China's rapidly aging population and uncompetitive business environment, are being largely ignored.
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That might be true, if those protections were making coal uncompetitive by driving up its price or restricting its supply.
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Another consideration is the relatively high rig carry-cost, which will financially force some market participants to retire uncompetitive floaters.
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Those restrictons, Khan said, often made Islamic finance uncompetitive in a country like Britain where Islam is a minority religion.
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But if making a finals uncompetitive is the standard for ruining the sport, the Warriors may have been too late.
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We are facing a stark choice: Invest strategically in a new, modernized America or become increasingly uncompetitive in the world.
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An added bonus of this measure is that it regulates consumer financial protection abuses by making predatory lending practices uncompetitive.
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Previously, our corporate tax rate was the highest of any industrialized nation, making America uncompetitive with rest of the world.
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No one can be sure, but common sense suggests that inflicting tax schemes that make our companies uncompetitive is foolish.
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But Hispanics in those states have traditionally been reluctant to participate in elections because they are widely viewed as uncompetitive.
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IT IS A – I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE THINK THAT HAVING AN UNCOMPETITIVE TAX SYSTEM IS A GOOD THING FOR AMERICA.
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No, I don't think we should blame ... Look, what happened in the 1003s is that our economy became very uncompetitive.
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Markets are wagering that the ECB and BOJ will have to ease policy, otherwise their currencies could rise to uncompetitive levels.
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Khan's government blames many of Pakistan's current economic woes on the previous administration's "strong rupee" policy, which rendered Pakistan's exports uncompetitive.
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SE) decision to raise its official selling prices (OSP) for Arab Light crude which made the grade uncompetitive against other crudes.
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A recent run of tenders by importing countries has also underpinned wheat prices, despite U.S. supplies being uncompetitive in many cases.
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The move to more tightly regulate investment in the banking sector aims to reduce related-party transactions and uncompetitive business practices.
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But gas and renewable producers oppose higher payments for nuclear, which they see as an expensive subsidy to an uncompetitive industry.
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As implemented, Dodd-Frank would have been ineffective at fighting corruption, but would have made American companies uncompetitive in many countries.
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And if you're a monopoly ISP basking in the profitable glow of a broken, uncompetitive market, you certainly wouldn't want that.
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The perennially-uncompetitive Oakland Raiders have risen to the top of the standings this season thanks to a high-powered offense.
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At the time, Microsoft was the most feared corporate powerhouse in America, and the target of government investigations for uncompetitive practices.
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We visited a closing Pier 1 store in Queens, New York, and saw uncompetitive discounts along with confusing layouts and signs.
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Most international routes were operated by a single national carrier and the lack of choice resulted in uncompetitive fares for consumers.
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But policymakers persist in marketing the island as a tax haven for uncompetitive activities with little connection to its true capabilities.
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Domestic milk prices dived more than 25 percent in the past year, but a global glut has made Indian exports uncompetitive.
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Why would we allow broadband providers in an uncompetitive market the ability to act as the gatekeepers to this much economic activity?
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States was uncompetitive in Europe.
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In 2012 he had falsely accused the Chinese of inventing the concept of global warming—to make American manufacturing uncompetitive, he said.
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Kenyan businesses regularly complain that power cuts - due to the country's aging grid - and unreliable supplies make them uncompetitive and hurt growth.
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The business community is generally excited about the chance for tax reform, particularly because businesses view the current tax code as uncompetitive.
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That is music to the ears of American job creators, who have battled a complex, uncertain and uncompetitive tax code for decades.
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American companies keep their foreign earnings overseas because U.S. tax rates, the world's highest, make them uncompetitive in an increasingly global economy.
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The banks, not surprisingly, are trying to get their old uncompetitive market back – and take money back from consumers in the process.
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Other producers of lower-grade ore may find themselves uncompetitive, including some smaller Australian miners, those in Iran and Chinese domestic producers.
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"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing uncompetitive," Trump once tweeted.
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Yet Visa and MasterCard's dominance over this market and the clout of the largest banks keeps this unfair, uncompetitive practice in place.
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Its minimum wage is the same as on the mainland, which means it is utterly uncompetitive with its competitors in the Caribbean.
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AND THE WAY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT, FOR 20 YEARS WE'VE BEEN INCREASINGLY UNCOMPETITIVE DRIVING CAPITAL AND BRAINS OVERSEAS.
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Big donors, in particular, can be herded toward candidates who seem like they might win, and away from those who look uncompetitive.
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Markets are wagering the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan will have to follow or risk their currencies rising to uncompetitive levels.
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Many of those are "state owned enterprises," which are often old-fashioned, uncompetitive, or kept alive by political will rather than economic necessity.
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Duterte also said he would open up telecoms and airlines, two domestic sectors long controlled by local players and criticized for being uncompetitive.
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These NBA Finals have been incredibly boring and mostly uncompetitive so far, but don't worry because Alexa is here to make it fun.
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But if investors and businesses are harassed by overregulation and uncompetitive taxes, firms will stagnate or fail and jobs and wages will shrink.
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In RCV Americans are free to cast their ballots for uncompetitive candidates, because they ultimately avoid the feeling that they wasted their vote.
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Carmakers had lobbied hard against Brexit, saying that it could result in the imposition of export tariffs that would make UK plants uncompetitive.
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But if Trump's policies are enacted, we will be subject to an unprecedented 60 percent to 153 percent tariff, making us completely uncompetitive.
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Lowe joined Williams in 2017 from dominant champions Mercedes but last year's car - the first under his supervision - proved ill-handling and uncompetitive.
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For many blue-collar workers in rich countries, the benefits of cheaper, better goods have been outweighed by job losses in uncompetitive industries.
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Meanwhile, the Jones Act continues to provide cover to what has become an expensive and uncompetitive merchant marine industry subsidized by U.S. citizens.
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As a result local soybean prices have risen to their highest in 43-1/2 years, making exports of soymeal uncompetitive, traders said.
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"Tariffs on these parts would make U.S. manufacturing uncompetitive and drive up the price of bicycles for children and families," Walmart told Lighthizer.
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In a widely cited Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study, when hospitals merge in already uncompetitive markets the price increase often exceeds 20 percent.
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Parnell is still considered the favorite thanks to a combination of strong name identification won from his 2017 race and an uncompetitive field.
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These high costs mean, notwithstanding the widespread applause for solar power, that it should not be produced at all, because it is uncompetitive.
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It will cost real money — one study estimated as much as $11.2 billion per year — to prop up uncompetitive coal and nuclear plants.
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"In sum, the world should welcome a recovering Chinese economy but simultaneously be vigilant against a possible jump in uncompetitive behaviors," he said.
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And even though a larger share of voters than ever are registering with no party affiliation, Republicans remain woefully uncompetitive in the state.
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Meanwhile, coal-fired power plants have become so uncompetitive that the Trump administration wants to subsidize them at the expense of cleaner energy.
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The way the American public should be thinking of it is: For 20 years, we've been increasingly uncompetitive, driving capital and brains overseas.
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The good news for Sanders is independents will likely be a larger proportion of the 22020 electorate, if the Republican primary is uncompetitive.
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Alonso demonstrated his talent this month in Spain, his home country, by dragging an uncompetitive car up to seventh on the starting grid.
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More accurate data would not only reveal that the lion's share of American broadband is painfully uncompetitive, but that it's actually getting worse.
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The current pattern of the party system — both highly competitive at the national level, and highly uncompetitive at the state level, is very unusual.
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Research in both Britain and Germany has found that the legislators most likely to take up part-time work are those with uncompetitive constituencies.
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Margrethe Vestager, a Danish liberal, has won accolades as the EU's competition commissioner for attacking uncompetitive practices and tax-dodging by American digital giants.
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The relationship fell apart with the introduction of the new V6 turbo hybrid engine formula in 2014, with Renault's offering both unreliable and uncompetitive.
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We have to significantly reduce the size of our corporate center, removing complexity and duplication that makes us too slow, uncompetitive and too expensive.
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When he got desperate, Barrs would cajole his three half-siblings to face him in hilariously uncompetitive games of H-O-R-S-E.
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At the SNCF, the government pressed for concessions on train drivers' rest times, which managers had said could make the heavily indebted company uncompetitive.
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Georgia has been uncompetitive in 9 out of twelve elections since 85003, although the margin there was under 10 percent in 2008 and 2012.
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Now Terry Gou's outfit says making flat screens there is uncompetitive, and most of the jobs will in fact be in research and design.
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However, the car industry and other sectors which rely on just-in-time delivery worry that future border checks will make their British operations uncompetitive.
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The aberrantly uncompetitive US ISP market leads to situations where someone like Comcast or Spectrum can effectively dictate whatever terms it likes to its customers.
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Arkansas and Louisiana, unlike most other southern states, were still swingable into the 22008's before becoming uncompetitive Republican spectators to the national electoral drama.
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If a lot of money flows into emerging markets, economies can overheat and an overvalued currency can make exporters uncompetitive, leading to an eventual crisis.
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Meanwhile, the number of severely uncompetitive districts (those in which one party's presidential candidate won by more than 40 points) grew from 85 to 118.
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Today, as coal becomes economically uncompetitive, it is necessary to recall that the high-ash Kaiparowits coal is deeply buried and in non-continuous seams.
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The premium tier of Android smartphones has grown uncompetitive in recent times, with Samsung rightly earning the lion's share of sales, profits, and public approbation.
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In practice, America's diminished labour movement cannot on its own fix the problem of uncompetitive markets, or strike much fear into the hearts of employers.
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Duterte also said he would open up telecoms and airlines, which are two domestic sectors long controlled by local players and criticized for being uncompetitive.
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Managers say that concession could make the heavily indebted company uncompetitive when it has to open up to private competition in 2020 under EU rules.
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"Put simply, the price of Australian gas makes our Australian plant uncompetitive in the global context," Orica Chief Executive Alberto Calderon said at the conference.
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"Whether [Web] 3.0 is realized is going to depend on the behavior of the largely uncompetitive networks run by fewer than six companies," he said.
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He said Ford's joint ventures in China suffered from uncompetitive costs, weak dealer networks and a shortage of sport-utility vehicles in its model line.
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But it will also lead factories in the United States to close — not open — as made-in-America products become uncompetitive on the global market.
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Disney hopes that the movie will continue to build steam during the relatively uncompetitive weeks before "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" arrives on Dec. 4043.
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"It's clear there is a lot of work to do to strengthen our economy, and it starts with overhauling our uncompetitive tax code," Brady said.
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The common explanation for the glut of oil on the market is that the Saudis, with lower production costs, want to make shale oil uncompetitive.
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The lack of economic reform is all too evident in the island's highly uncompetitive labor market, where labor participation is as low as 40 percent.
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But, I think a lot of it isn't just the tax aspects, which were done in the corporate area because we were really quite uncompetitive globally.
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But exports are likely to become uncompetitive from March onwards once local prices rise, said Ashwini Bansod, a senior analyst at Phillip Commodities India Pvt Ltd.
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A second wave of inversions ensued as ordinary business deals ran into the unavoidable tax facts: the United States is an uncompetitive place to be headquartered.
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That the oil price correlated with Soviet politics is not surprising – in the uncompetitive command economy oil and gas revenues accounted for 67% of all exports.
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It was this memory which influenced policymakers to support the Common Agricultural Policy, a strategic but wholly uncompetitive set of subsidies which the EU fully endorses.
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On Tuesday, the Republican nominee arrives in Texas and spends an entire day here in our entirely uncompetitive state with just 2202 days until Election Day.
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The suit will allege CBA's pension arm, Colonial First State, invested the retirement savings of its members with CBA where it received uncompetitive bank interest rates.
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Public money would help Scunthorpe mothball its uncompetitive blast furnaces that produce unprocessed steel, import it instead, and focus on making end-products like rail lines.
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China Reform Holdings, which is owned by SASAC, was established at the end of 2010 with a mandate to restructure and merge small and uncompetitive SOEs.
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"This creates an uneven playing field where pipeline operators with comprehensive specifications are placed in an uncompetitive position due to higher procurement costs," the report read.
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Palmer managed only one point in all of 2016 when Renault had just taken over the failing Lotus team and were struggling with an uncompetitive car.
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"If you artificially inflate the price of some cars to be uncompetitive, you give the lower-priced cars a buffer to raise their prices," Drury said.
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If a 25 percent duty on U.S. crude imports is implemented by Beijing, American oil would become uncompetitive in China, forcing it to seek buyers elsewhere.
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The expert personnel needed to operate an APCD are in high demand and state government compensation ceilings may make the APCD uncompetitive in the labor market.
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While the cruiserweight division is renowned for being a fairly uncompetitive division, the story which unfolded on Sunday night would look far-fetched upon first glance.
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However, Russian ESPO crude has become uncompetitive and independents were likely to import more from the Middle East and West Africa in the future, Zhang said.
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Some of Saudi Arabia's customers in Asia trimmed light crude loadings in March as they found Arab Light uncompetitive against other supplies of similar-quality oil.
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Brad Wall, its premier, said that while his province planned to significantly reduce emissions, a carbon price would make its farms, mines and oil industry uncompetitive.
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But people who posted on social media about Amazon's debut were generally underwhelmed, with prospective Australian customers playfully pointing out lackluster product offerings and uncompetitive pricing.
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And the one fact they have never denied – because they can't – is that the market was uncompetitive and fixed, and it still is for credit cards.
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It made sense then — because, in the 1970s and the 1980s, US companies were bloated, unprofitable, and uncompetitive, and they needed to be whipped into shape.
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The result are electoral districts where voters vote in uncompetitive elections because the partisan composition of the district renders one candidate far more likely to win.
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When natural gas was discovered in the North Sea, it pushed the value of the Netherlands' currency so high that Dutch manufacturing companies became globally uncompetitive.
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But the hike in guaranteed price will force Indian exporters to offer the new season crop at around $430 from October, making exports uncompetitive, a dealer said.
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Rather than nurturing the creation of a global shipping powerhouse, protectionism for US shipbuilders has allowed the industry to survive despite being laughably uncompetitive in global terms.
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Uncompetitive districts make legislators less effective, he says: to be precise, he compares politicians in gerrymandered seats to "overweight" people who should "go to the fucking gym".
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"A 10 percent tariff would make our vehicles uncompetitive, and would impose costs we cannot afford to absorb," Honda said in a submission to parliament's business committee.
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But Elo does not penalise teams for playing uncompetitive fixtures or unfancied sides: winning such games simply makes a very small difference to a team's existing rating.
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Red Bull's relationship with Renault hit the rocks after the French manufacturer started the new V6 turbo hybrid era in 2014 with an uncompetitive and unreliable unit.
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Cofece also said the sector might suffer from uncompetitive practices such as "pay-for-delay" arrangements, under which patent holders pay alleged infringers to not challenge patents.
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This means China is still paying more for its LNG than the spot price, but not so much as to make LNG imports uncompetitive against pipeline supplies.
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However, it has a lower EBITDAR margin than most non-food retailers due to its uncompetitive position in the fast-changing market, also leading to higher leverage.
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The last time Maia looked uncompetitive was against Anderson Silva in 2010, and you will be hard pressed to recall the time that Masvidal was truly outclassed.
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As Americans filed their taxes this spring, they wrestled for the last time with a system that for decades plundered their paychecks and made American businesses uncompetitive.
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Let's hope that this time President Trump stands up for American consumers and workers and tells the uncompetitive solar panel manufacturers to go build a better mousetrap.
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Meanwhile, our uncompetitive corporate rate only worsens, acting as a drag on economic growth, job creation and federal revenue while the hemorrhaging of U.S.-based companies continues.
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Further, the authorization lapse resulted in 60 percent of U.S. exporters and lenders deeming the U.S. Ex-Im Bank "uncompetitive" relative to its global peers in 2015.
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White also called for the introduction of new protections for consumers to prevent markets being uncompetitive, an argument she said the European Commission had failed to heed.
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But the government's insistence on a minimum 1,000 baht ($28) per night charge for package tourists had made Thailand uncompetitive for many Chinese visitors, tour operators say.
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And the Indians have now done it twice, winning Game 4 on Saturday night by a 7-2 score that was as uncompetitive as the numbers suggest.
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It turns out, however, that labor markets are often uncompetitive: Employers have the power to hold down wages by a host of methods and for numerous reasons.
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After 17 seasons, the last few with the uncompetitive McLaren team, he will finally have the opportunity to devote his attention to the important things in life.
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Mr. Kohl began warning that the German welfare state, with its robust mark, 35-hour workweek and five-week vacations, was becoming uncompetitive in the global economy.
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Car manufacturers started making decisions to close down Australian operations in 2013 when the Australian dollar was above parity against the U.S. dollar, making local manufacturing uncompetitive.
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Slapping those imported intermediate goods with tariffs or other trade protections would make the participating U.S. producers uncompetitive and would threaten the existing high-value U.S. jobs.
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Aside from being a look at the highly competitive world of restaurants, the story raises questions about the highly uncompetitive world of government agencies that hold monopolies.
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The plant was uncompetitive because of competition from cheaper natural gas-fired facilities and will shut at the end of next year unless it finds new buyers.
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U.S. wheat remains uncompetitive in major Middle Eastern import markets, but a run of international tenders nonetheless showed sustained demand in the face of hefty global supplies.
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If we choose to get by without one, that won't usher in a free market utopia — it would just render our exporters uncompetitive, playing on a slanted field.
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The centerpiece of his plan is a reduction in business tax rates for large and small firms to 15 percent from the current uncompetitive 35 to 40 percent.
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J.A. nods at the fact that globalization has made the league notoriously uncompetitive, with only four teams—until this year—claiming the championship in the last two decades.
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Banks didn't directly answer the question, instead saying people should focus on the second half of that tweet where Trump said it was to make American companies uncompetitive.
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Building such a case before the STB can cost years and millions of dollars, leaving carriers free to charge uncompetitive prices while the board is considering the matter.
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Instead of fighting to protect taxpayers from their harmful policies, Democrats in high tax states should fix the root of the problem: uncompetitive tax burdens on all taxpayers.
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These companies are exploiting an unfair and uncompetitive system, increasing the incentives for sheriffs and state prisons to cooperate with these monopoly-providers to pad their own budgets.
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Last year the competition watchdog found that households overpaid 1.4 billion pounds a year between 2012 and 2015 because of uncompetitive standard tariffs many consumers are placed on.
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Despite Trump's vow to bring back coal jobs, it is unclear how he would avert closures of uncompetitive coal plants, most of which are over 85033 years old.
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The electric grid is vulnerable to emerging and increasing threats, but bailing out uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants would be a strategic misstep for U.S. energy policy.
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It isn't surprising that the Department of Energy's own "Multiyear Plan for Energy Sector Cybersecurity" issued in March makes no mention of preserving uncompetitive coal and nuclear capacity.
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But an investigation by the competition watchdog in 2016 said households had overpaid 1.4 billion pounds a year in the previous three years due to uncompetitive standard tariffs.
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Even those who think the merger is uncompetitive might not welcome the entry of states into the merger review process, because it shatters consistency in national economic policy.
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Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff recognised that Williams, struggling with an uncompetitive car and only one point scored in 14 races this year, were going through tough times.
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But deeper-rooted problems such as uncompetitive investment laws, widespread corruption and arrests of dual nationals by hard-line security forces dampened the boom the president had promised.
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In Vela's telling, STEM was not just the magic word that would turn uncompetitive Americans into heavyweights, but the word that would help disenfranchised people get good jobs.
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He said the Sonics were losing money because they had a terrible, uncompetitive arena lacking in the profitable add-ons that other franchises had, like restaurants and stores.
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In the 1930s industrial economists viewed an uncompetitive industry as one in which a few firms had a large share of output and prices were high or quality low.
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A tepid supporter of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), his nationalist economic agenda calls for reviving industries like agriculture that have been rendered uncompetitive by free trade.
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"The carry-on bag restriction left us uncompetitive from a product attribute perspective in some markets," American Airlines President Robert Isom said on a post-earnings call in July.
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Curry acknowledged late on Monday that he hasn't been able to dodge the many "darts" tossed in Golden State's direction in the wake of its uncompetitive 0-2 start.
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Spain announced in 2016 a 2.13 billion euro ($2.44 billion)plan, backed by Brussels, to ease the closure of 26 uncompetitive coal mines by the end of this year.
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Some argue that much of what is wrong with rich-world economies today—from high income inequality to measly wage growth—has its roots in markets that are uncompetitive.
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After all, if the data were to conclude that the United States broadband market is broken and uncompetitive, you might just be pressured to actually do something about it.
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"Philadelphia, like a lot of big cities, has swung rapidly toward a very uncompetitive system," says David Thornburgh, president and CEO of local political watchdog group Committee of Seventy.
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Japan, the world's top buyer of the super-chilled fuel, is investigating whether destination clauses in LNG contracts are uncompetitive, Bloomberg News reported on July 14, citing unidentified sources.
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Mill owners worry that with day wages in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Kerala to the west now far higher than those in northern India, local cotton may grow uncompetitive.
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Brazil will also have only one driver next year, in an uncompetitive car, and even that is not certain with Felipe Nasr yet to be confirmed by struggling Sauber.
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"Our miners are now paid at a deep discount, which makes us uncompetitive when compared with our neighbours," Kwesu said during a presentation of the survey's results in Harare.
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A 2015 report prepared for the Russian government showed that ninety-five per cent of state purchases were uncompetitive, and forty per cent were made with a single supplier.
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And at a time when so many people want to run for office, but uncompetitive districts make lower-turnout primaries the decisive race, genuine majorities matter more than ever.
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The resulting glut of cheap soy in the United States has lowered input costs for U.S. meal crushing factories, making them more profitable and rendering crushers in Argentina uncompetitive.
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Therefore, scrapping President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan can't save coal — although the Trump administration's misguided plan to subsidize uncompetitive coal plants could, at least in the short term.
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European officials have long portrayed Italy as an irresponsible citizen that has enabled banks to lend recklessly to avoid the humiliation and pain of consigning uncompetitive companies to bankruptcy.
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"The American products are simply uncompetitive in the China market," said Mr. Lee, who is now chief executive of Sinovation Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on Chinese technology.
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Whatever US steel producers might gain from a trade war would be offset by the losses to steel users and consumers, plus the social costs of protecting uncompetitive jobs.
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But environmentalists and advocates for other electricity sources have fought back, saying that Perry's idea is just a plan to help out uncompetitive coal and nuclear for political purposes.
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India's gold demand has been hurt by higher prices for imported metal, which have trimmed domestic demand and led to discounting that has also served to render imports uncompetitive.
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Former champions Red Bull were handicapped in 2015 by their uncompetitive Renault engine and sought other ways of closing the gap, one of them being reducing weight where possible.
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WE'VE HAD 16%, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE 32, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS UNCOMPETITIVE TAXES, EXCESS REGULATION, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING, OUR INNER-CITY EDUCATION DOESN'T WORK.
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One advantage for Ms. Gillibrand is that she stashed away more than $10 million in her uncompetitive 2018 re-election that can now be spent on her presidential run.
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After all, if the public can easily see how uncompetitive, unavailable and expensive decent broadband is, somebody might just get the crazy idea to actually do something about it.
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The game was an uncompetitive training match against unknown players, but most of the team members admit that they feel pressure to perform despite the industry focus on their looks.
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That collapsed amid a breakdown in international co-operation, as governments of uncompetitive economies put up tariffs and then withdrew from the system altogether through the erection of capital controls.
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Coal pollution contributes to 800,000 premature deaths annually, and, as coal becomes increasingly uncompetitive, governments across Asia are considering new clean-air regulations that could further undermine coal-plant economics.
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Former world champions McLaren, who have struggled with an unreliable and uncompetitive Honda engine, are now the only team on the grid yet to score a point after five races.
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"While the prospects of a larger crop should result in greater export outflows, Indian cotton prices are currently uncompetitive in the global market compared to other suppliers," the attache said.
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Giant ISPs like AT&T and Comcast are lobbying for this plan because they know it will reduce the government's ability to rein in bad behavior in an uncompetitive market.
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The watchdog was given new powers in 2015 to crack down on uncompetitive behaviour, and had hitherto only mentioned one other enforcement case, in March last year, without elaborating further.
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That's why states are attempting to emulate the policies of growth engines like Texas and Florida, while avoiding the uncompetitive policies of financially troubled states like California and New York.
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Enforcement questions aside, if we make it illegal to build and sell safe technology, they will be built and sold elsewhere, leaving U.S. technology uncompetitive and our public sector vulnerable.
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Tennessee's governor race remains relatively uncompetitive with Bill Lee, the Republican, leading Democrat Karl Dean by 10 points among likely voters -- 4.33% to 42%, about the same as in September.
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Despite the fact that the FCC's net neutrality rules clearly exempt medical services from the ban on uncompetitive paid prioritization, FCC boss Ajit Pai has consistently tried to claim otherwise.
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"The U.S. steel sector has been in a state of overprotection," the ministry said in a statement on its website, adding that this overprotection has made the U.S. sector uncompetitive.
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The central government issued guidelines in 2015 aimed at overhauling its SOEs, saying it would close down the most uncompetitive firms and modernize the ownership structure of those that remained.
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Telecom experts told Motherboard this morning that broadband caps and overage fees don't serve any real technical purpose, and are little more than a glorified price hike on uncompetitive markets.
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Fundamentally restructuring the economy would entail laying off workers at uncompetitive, state-protected firms in the oil and gas sector — a course that would yield more unhappiness among the citizenry.
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President Widodo, in his opening speech at the cabinet meeting, said high gas prices were making local manufacturing uncompetitive and urged his cabinet to find out why prices remained elevated.
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That reality lies in direct contrast with the focus on Capitol Hill on fixing a distortive and uncompetitive corporate tax code that is out of sync with a global economy.
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Coal plants have become uncompetitive with other kinds of energy generation in much of the country, despite the Trump administration's efforts to save them by rolling back federal pollution regulations.
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Much of our economy had become uncompetitive, and there was, I don't know whether you remember, but there were these competitiveness commissions and we were falling behind Japan and Germany.
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A last-minute addition to the bill would have implemented a Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP), which would have bailed out uncompetitive coal plants own by Dynegy (another state genco).
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The inquiry found evidence of systemic animal cruelty, including live baiting, and that up to 68,000 greyhounds bred in the last 12 years had been destroyed because they were considered uncompetitive.
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"Angola is expected to post the biggest slide in capacity after Venezuela as ageing oil fields lose steam and foreign investors, faced with relatively uncompetitive prospects, lose enthusiasm," the IEA said.
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The party was long tangled in the web of cronyism, corruption and vested interests (ranging from oligarchs to the coddled armed forces) that left Greece uncompetitive, administratively dysfunctional and, ultimately, bankrupt.
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As the size of a team's wage-bill is closely tied to its on-field success, the result has been a contest that, though fast and thrilling, has been too uncompetitive.
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There had been some positive developments, with renewable energy prices falling, coal becoming uncompetitive, emissions declining in 49 countries, and 7,000 cities, 245 regions, and 6,000 companies committing to climate mitigation.
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Last year Trump said U.S. worker wages were "too high" and made the U.S. uncompetitive, while this year, he has said the minimum wage should rise, with states taking the lead.
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But in the late 19th century, when new deposits were discovered in East Asia and South America, English tin became uncompetitive and Cornish miners scattered overseas in search of new prospects.
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Blackburn has hoovered up telecom sector campaign cash for years, then loyally and routinely opposed every and any effort to hold uncompetitive telecom giants accountable for anti-competitive behavior and poor service.
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The third license was offered at the behest of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and aims to boost the country's notoriously patchy services and end a domestic duopoly long accused of being uncompetitive.
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"Companies are accepting the new competitive paradigm and that the value propositions and business models by which they planned to attain them have become uncompetitive," Evercore ISI wrote in a research note.
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Though Spohr said the group will achieve a first reduction in unit costs per passenger and kilometre flown this year, excluding fuel, Liberum analyst Gerald Khoo said that its costs remain uncompetitive.
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Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast have successfully convinced the government to gut both state and federal oversight of uncompetitive telecom duopolies with a generation of documented anti-competitive behavior under their belt.
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With a steeply progressive income tax code, the world's highest corporate tax rate and an uncompetitive worldwide corporate tax regime, America is desperately in need of rate-lowering, complexity-reducing tax reform.
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The administration is bringing the problem to the public's attention and questioning the role these rebates play in the prescription drug marketplace, especially in the unregulated and often uncompetitive world of PBMs.
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The Chinese oil buyer added that U.S. Mars crude which has been offered at about $2 a barrel above Dubai quotes for delivery to north Asia remained uncompetitive with Middle East oil.
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Britain's exit from the European Union is likely to mean an end to duty-free participation in the European single market, potentially making it uncompetitive for Nissan to continue to invest here.
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Few professionals in either party believe the Republicans' 30-seat majority in the House is yet at risk, largely because so many districts are drawn to make them uncompetitive in general elections.
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I THINK AMERICA HAS TO THINK VERY HARD, THOUGH, ABOUT THE BALANCE OF WHAT PRESSURE THEY BRING TO BEAR ON AMERICAN COMPANIES AND MAKE THEM UNCOMPETITIVE BY RAISING THE RATES TOO HIGH.
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She — like economist Robert E. Scott, who wrote in support of this proposal in the New York Times — believes that the strong dollar has made US exports too expensive and thus uncompetitive.
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Consumer groups and industry executives alike have long pointed out that these kinds of restrictions and overage fees serve no actual technical purpose outside of price gouging captive customers in uncompetitive markets.
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LME storage is itself a market with prices in theory set by free competition between multiple players, although the end result has ironically been highly uncompetitive prices relative to off-exchange warehouses.
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China has made reform of its lumbering and uncompetitive state-owned enterprises - many in heavy industries - a priority as excess capacity and idle workers bleed what precious resources such "zombie" companies have.
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The Trump administration plans to force electricity customers to pay for a multi-billion dollar annual bailout of old and uncompetitive coal and nuclear plants through surcharges on their monthly energy bills.
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It would do four things: To summarize: the bill would subsidize four uncompetitive power plants, remove all incentive to build more renewable energy projects, and cancel efforts to help customers use less energy.
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It recommended to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it intervene in markets in the most crude and ham-handed way, dumping windfall profits on the owners of big, uncompetitive power plants.
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The central government issued guidelines in 2015 aimed at boosting the performance of its SOEs, saying it would close down the most uncompetitive firms and modernize the ownership structure of those that remained.
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In states with uncompetitive judicial elections, by contrast, "judgeships appear to be viewed as positions that should be obtained by appointment, never mind the electoral rules," and judges apply the law more consistently.
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These critics have also argued that Ajit Pai's FCC recently made these problems worse by lifting price caps on this uncompetitive sector, something he justified by literally weakening the very definition of competition.
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EDINBURGH, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Some British food, including beef and lamb, would become "uncompetitive overnight" on foreign markets in the event of a no-deal Brexit, food industry representatives told lawmakers on Monday.
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ALMATY (Reuters) - Police in Kazakhstan detained about 500 people on Sunday after dispersing protests against an uncompetitive presidential election set to confirm Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the successor to veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff recognised Williams, struggling at the back of the field with an uncompetitive car and only one point scored in 14 races this year, had been through tough times.
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Imperial decided at the end of May to exit the CPG business and sell assets and said on Tuesday that the model had become uncompetitive and unsustainable as retailers centralise their distribution networks.
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In the BBC interview, King said British policymakers had done too little to help people whose skills had become uncompetitive because of globalisation, adding that high levels of immigration were partly to blame.
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Though China does not account for a high percentage of steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., it is that country's oversupply that has driven down global prices and made U.S. companies uncompetitive.
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I am twenty, and I have just landed an extremely uncompetitive internship at Partisan Review , the first rung on a ladder that will lead, I suddenly believe, to a career as a writer.
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NUNES TO THE RACE: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, who has recused himself from a probe of Russian election interference, now has a Democratic opponent in his previously uncompetitive California House district.
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Germany and Northern Europe are ready to dial back monetary stimulus as their growth rates pick up, just as southern nations take on the added burden of uncompetitive exports on top of high unemployment.
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In contrast, the states where educated white voters were most abundant were uncompetitive: either ones Mrs Clinton would have won anyway, like California, or those where she was too far behind, such as Texas.
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Key industries such as steel risked becoming economically uncompetitive or in need of permanent public subsidies, he added, while millions of households would face the disruption and expense of replacing natural gas-powered boilers.
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Factory owners are already complaining that a free-trade deal with China signed in 2007 has made their goods uncompetitive, and now economists fear that Pakistan may be mortgaging its future to Chinese finance.
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But the conclusion of a long-awaited trade agreement with Mercosur, which includes Brazil and Argentina, has so far been thwarted by the desire of France and other countries to protect their uncompetitive farmers.
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President-elect Trump said last year that U.S. workers' wages were "too high" and made the nation uncompetitive, but this year, he has said the minimum wage should rise, with states taking the lead.
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An even bigger step would be a reform of Cuba's dual-currency system, which makes state-owned firms uncompetitive, keeps salaries in the state sector at miserable levels and distorts prices throughout the economy.
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"In uncompetitive markets like consumer broadband, it's too easy for companies to offer customers a substandard service, year after year, including tricking them into upgrades that are never delivered," Bergmayer said in a statement.
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Last week's revelation that the FBI is reviewing new emails associated with Anthony Weiner, the former congressman and estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, jolted what was turning into an uncompetitive race.
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Said reports do their best to obfuscate what should be obvious to most of us: the United States broadband market is very uncompetitive, resulting in high prices, slower speeds, and historically awful customer service.
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Under the brand banner of Google Fiber, the search giant proclaimed it would be lighting a much-needed fire under the traditionally uncompetitive broadband industry, delivering ultra-fast gigabit connections across the United States.
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While this might seem like an impossible task, there is one way the new office can clinch a big first win: stopping the government's wasteful, uncompetitive practice of awarding sole-source ("no-bid") contracts.
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Consider just a few: Innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence, which are already making many jobs uncompetitive, could lead us into a world in which basic work with decent pay becomes impossible to find.
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And it's pretty clear that one reason turnout is so low in America is because single-winner districts produce a majority of lopsided, uncompetitive elections, whereas in more proportional democracies, every vote counts equally.
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If they rise too much, it's likely Chinese domestic output that has been rendered uncompetitive will return to the market, but they also have to be wary of cooling by adding too much supply.
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As well as high fuel taxes, Indian airlines are hit by a goods and services tax on maintenance operations that makes domestic work uncompetitive, consulting firm CAPA India said in a report on Monday.
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They are currently using year-old Ferrari engines but are due to switch to Honda — McLaren's partners whose current power units have been uncompetitive and unreliable — next season in a deal negotiated by Kaltenborn.
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Far from making games uncompetitive, it has resulted in an average margin of victory of 2149 points, which, according to the league, would be the lowest such mark since 214 were it to continue.
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Buoyed by a massive campaign war chest bolstered by years of uncompetitive races, he dropped $2.3 million as of mid-February and still had $2 million left in the bank for the final stretch.
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SYDNEY, Oct 3 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat futures edged higher on Thursday, rebounding slightly from losses of 2% in the previous session, though gains were checked as North American supplies remain uncompetitive into major markets.
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As Chatterjee draws the commission closer to White House priorities, industry officials are increasingly concerned it may soon return to one of Trump's central energy priorities — keeping uncompetitive coal and nuclear plants from closing.
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Numerous Democrats and one Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee's energy subcommittee lobbed charges at Perry that his rule would be anti-competitive, help out uncompetitive power plants and destroy electricity markets.
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What he meant, in fact, was that the purchasing power of increasingly higher (and therefore increasingly more uncompetitive) nominal American wages was being reduced slightly less rapidly than it had been in the 1980s.
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A small business elite has supported fragile governments in exchange for low taxes and oligopolistic control of key industries, keeping the economy uncompetitive and obliging the government to finance itself through regressive taxes on imports.
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Britons have grown increasingly dissatisfied with high bills and poor customer service, with the competition watchdog finding some households overpaid a total of 1.4 billion pounds a year between 2012 and 2015 on uncompetitive tariffs.
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Johnson's subsidy for pickup trucks provides an explanation for why America's big carmakers were so uncompetitive that they came close to perishing in the financial crisis, surviving only after a bail-out by Mr Obama.
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But the Air Force and the Pentagon have been reluctant to completely stop purchasing the Russian engines, fearing that doing so would make ULA uncompetitive and leave SpaceX with a monopoly over military space launches.
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A better solution to stop the outflow of American corporate capital that doesn't involve more regulations is reforming the country's uncompetitive tax code that puts its companies at an unfair disadvantage with their foreign competitors.
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The Treasury's newly-announced rules, which helped kill the Pfizer-Allergan merger, eliminate many benefits of tax inversions, but retain the U.S.'s uncompetitive tax code and address only the symptoms, rather than the disease.
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If you closely review the numbers from the Census Bureau, it becomes increasingly apparent that there are some very uncompetitive, high-tax states, such as Illinois, that are in deep trouble due to internal migration.
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" Sage Chandler, vice president of international trade, Consumer Technology Association (CTA) said that "by doubling down on tariffs, we're forcing American businesses and entrepreneurs to incur costs that make them uncompetitive with their foreign competitors.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that European carmakers could be made uncompetitive if EU targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from cars and vans were set at more than 30 percent by 2030.
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Under the Trump administration's proposal, the executive branch would force electric grid operators to buy power from plants that have become uncompetitive, according to Bloomberg News, which obtained a copy of the 41-page document.
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Hospitals should also be transferred to local governments unless they are uncompetitive, in which case they should be closed; any hospitals continued to be run by SOEs should be operated as non-profits, SASAC said.
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Bills moving through legislatures in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland could soon mean all the top nuclear energy-producing states in the northeast would be using public funds to prop up an aging and uncompetitive technology.
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The Competition Commissioner has said she can only allow funding of uncompetitive mines on condition they are being phased out, which is at odds with Szydlo's electoral promise that she would not close any mines.
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Margot Sanger-Katz at the Upshot wrote a lengthy piece on this policy idea last year: The trouble is that varying or numerous state regulations aren't the main reason insurance markets tend to be uncompetitive.
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Mr. Trump's appeal is already more limited than any other modern chief executive's, a worrisome fact for Republicans who fear that he will leave the party in a woefully uncompetitive position whenever he leaves office.
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Negative rating actions could occur if Fitch expects: --Operational weakness or more aggressive financial policies will result in total leverage sustained above 05403x; or --Sustained negative FX neutral revenue growth, indicating an uncompetitive mobile strategy.
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There's not much evidence ghost kitchens can actually yield anticipated profits but, like the other unicorn implosions, we will likely find out too late, once billions have been spent on unsustainable, unprofitable, and uncompetitive ventures.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's miners are rejecting a government proposal to establish a national coal index that would be linked to international prices, documents reviewed by Reuters show, because it could make domestic supply uncompetitive.
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He said that LNG imports from the United States were 30 percent more expensive than Russian gas, and that the German economy would be rendered uncompetitive if it had to rely on the U.S. imports.
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And while the strike is costly, it is more important that GM reach a deal that maintains its operating flexibility than it is that GM reaches an uncompetitive deal quickly, according to Moody's analyst Bruce Clark.
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Without the energy, leadership and risk-taking of private citizens like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the hundreds of entrepeneurs and investors inspired by them, our space landscape would be almost entirely unchanged and uncompetitive globally.
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My guess is that Trump will not cause a fundamental realignment, because a Republican Party that's uncompetitive in presidential elections can still compete at state levels and in congressional elections where various structural factors favor conservatives.
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On Friday, Bastian said the subsidy levels had reached $50 billion among the Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and Emirates airline, and have made it uncompetitive for U.S. airlines to fly to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
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Amazon.com's Australian arm took its first orders on Tuesday, ending the suspense over its opening date and sending retail stocks higher amid complaints of limited product range and uncompetitive prices on the U.S. e-commerce platform.
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The plant's refining capacity was shuttered at a time when several European refineries were finding it uncompetitive to remain operational, as newer, more complex mega-refineries emerged in other regions like the Middle East and Asia.
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Clinton wants to go in the opposite direction, depressing job growth with an uncompetitive corporate tax rate, higher taxes on estates and short-term capital gains, and a 4 percent surtax on the most successful individuals.
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee celebrated the second quarter fundraising totals in a release Tuesday, saying over 70 Democratic challengers had outraised their Republican opponent in the second quarter (including races rated as uncompetitive by CNN).
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"That's like a whole plant's worth of annual production that is at risk of becoming uncompetitive," if Europe retaliates, he said Friday, adding that automakers could lose U.S. sales from higher prices as well as exports.
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While President Barack Obama made the state practically uncompetitive at the presidential level in 214, sparse polling this summer has shown both Trump and GOP Senate nominee Joe Heck neck and neck with their Democratic opponents.
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Next month, a group of state attorneys general led by New York AG Letitia James and California AG Xavier Becerra will take the companies to court, alleging that the merger is uncompetitive and will harm consumers.
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To that end, to the extent there is concern about how dominant these companies are, even the most extreme remedies (like breakups) would not change the fact that publishers face infinite competition and have uncompetitive advertising offerings.
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He's been stuck in a series of uncompetitive cars since then and hasn't been much of a factor on the track, but remains a fan favorite thanks in part to his aggressive driving style and frank personality.
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But since then, conservative politicians and media have criticized his plans, suggesting they would lead to a "transfer union" in which German money would be used to pay for uncompetitive member states that are reluctant to reform.
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The proposed groups of eight would exacerbate the problem of uncompetitive fixtures if too many minnows reach them—few fans want to see an underdog struggle through 14 drubbings—or if two potential qualifiers quickly pull ahead.
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What was supposed to be Armageddon didn't bring the end of the world; instead, it brought a different kind of "end" — the end of the world being able to take advantage of our previously uncompetitive tax code.
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Instead of recognizing and supporting fast-growing and flexible sources of U.S. energy — natural gas, solar, and wind generation; energy efficiency, demand response, and storage — the administration proposed a bailout for uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants.
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If the administration follows a leaked draft proposal from the Energy Department, that would mean the administration will force electric grid operators to buy power from plants that have become uncompetitive and are at risk of closing.
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WE KNOW WHAT DOESN'T WORK, WHICH IS THE CURRENT TAX CODE, WHICH IS UNCOMPETITIVE, WHICH LOCKS OUT THOSE DOLLARS – ACTUALLY PUNISHES COMPANIES LIKE CISCO AND OTHERS FOR BRINGING REVENUES BACK TO BE REINVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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"It's a problem for Cheniere as it makes their LNG uncompetitive in China," Noel Tomnay, vice president for gas and LNG consulting at Wood Mackenzie, told Reuters on the sidelines of an industry event in Barcelona, Spain.
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Only the United States can realistically supply much more coal to the global market, and its exports to China are now uncompetitive after Beijing slapped a tariff on them in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on its goods.
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Part of this difference may have to do with the fact that Cook and CNN view the likely category as uncompetitive at this time (though could become competitive), while Inside Elections views the likely category as competitive.
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But the present plan requires that 10 percent of this power comes from domestically produced solar panels and cells, a practice the WTO found to be unjustified, uncompetitive, and "inconsistent" with international agreements on trade and tariffs.
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A 25 percent tariff on U.S. crude oil imports, as threatened by China in retaliation for duties Washington has announced but not yet implemented against Chinese products, would make American crude uncompetitive in China versus other supplies.
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In Europe, Canada, and Australia, governments view the market for cures as essentially uncompetitive and set the price as part of a bureaucratic process, similar to how electricity or water are priced in regulated US utility markets.
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Many major ISPs have suspended usage caps and overage fees in response to COVID-19, after critics complained that such restrictions don't actually help manage congestion—and are little more than glorified price hikes on uncompetitive markets.
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The book does discuss uncompetitive markets, where monopoly and employer power move outcomes away from the "natural" equilibrium and toward outcomes more favorable to firms, but they're an exception to the unstated norm of competitive, clearing markets.
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Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's strategy director said in a speech ahead of the Paris Motor Show that any new tariffs introduced after Britain leaves the European Union will make its business uncompetitive and put jobs at risk.
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In order to spur growth, Hillary intends to raise taxes on individuals, businesses, capital gains, stock trading and firms that move overseas (which they do because the U.S. has the most uncompetitive tax system in the corporate world).
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China has made reform of its lumbering and uncompetitive state-owned enterprises (SOEs) a priority as weak global demand drags on economic growth and excess capacity and idle workers bleed what precious resources companies have at their disposal.
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He drew attention early in his tenure at FERC for voicing support for a controversial Trump administration plan to bolster uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants, but ultimately concurred with a unanimous decision to shoot down the proposal.
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General Motors for example, recently proposed legislation in several states that would limit the deployment of autonomous vehicles on public roads to "only vehicle manufacturers" thereby excluding companies like Uber and Google and creating an uncompetitive business environment .
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Slater & Gordon previously filed a class-action suit against CBA seeking damages of more than A$100 million ($68 million), alleging the bank had invested the retirement savings of thousands of customers into low, uncompetitive interest-returning products.
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For years, corporate America has called for a more competitive system that does away with worldwide taxation—a practice eschewed by most other OECD economies—and lowers the headline tax rate from the currently uncompetitive 35 percent rate.
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The manufacturing and tradable sectors of the U.S. economy were cutting back on production, given their uncompetitive status, and the energy sector, after years of significant investment in the shale oil boom, was engaged in a severe retrenchment.
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Its backers say Brazil's labor laws, which date from the 1950s, do not take into account work conditions in the age of the internet and cause high labor costs that make Brazilian companies uncompetitive in a global market.
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Six-year Senate terms mean voters in some states do not have a reason to show up to the polls in a primary, an off-year or uncompetitive governor race, where an incumbent might face only token opposition.
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After four consecutive uncompetitive seasons — they have not finished closer than 13 games out of first place since reaching the wild-card playoff game in 2013 — the Rays jettisoned several veterans this past winter and began tinkering anew.
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All but three of the new districts, the filing stated, were packed with such outsized majorities of Democratic or Republican voters compared to the nonpartisan maps that they would be uncompetitive in all but the most lopsided elections.
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Utilities have denied overcharging, but last year the Competition and Markets Authority found that British households overpaid a total of 13 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) a year on average from 2012 to 2015 because of uncompetitive standard energy tariffs.
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That is especially ironic, since the development of the port was begun under Mr Rajapaksa, who was criticised at the time for signing uncompetitive contracts for its construction that lumbered Sri Lanka with heavy debts to the Chinese government.
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In short, the European Commission has ruled that Google has been unfairly using Android (which Google owns and develops) to push Google search (which makes up most of Google's business) on users, giving them an unfair and uncompetitive advantage.
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The dirty secret that fintech startups are exposing is that financial services are never free, of course, but subsidised by things like hidden fees, zero interest paid when you are in credit or via up sold and uncompetitive products.
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He blames a combination of EU energy policy and overzealous greenery by Liberal Democrats in the former coalition government for putting Britain at risk of blackouts, pushing up energy bills and making energy-intensive industries such as steel uncompetitive.
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Therefore, we have identified several key opportunities to enact a better U.S. trade policy: A tariff policy that threatens our allies, fails to address the root cause of trade-distortive practices, and props up uncompetitive industries, is not helpful.
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For suppliers, as global competition increases, it's critical to have access to effective payment infrastructure that makes it easy for buyers to pay, and that can operate and scale efficiently, or they risk being uncompetitive in the global market.
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To solve problems with uncompetitive bidding, Interior could end the practice of allowing companies to nominate coal tracts for bidding, increase minimum bids, and consider additional reforms to the lease sale process, like moving toward a market-based system.
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But the tariffs, which came into effect on March 220, have driven up raw material costs and caused supply delays, rendering the manufacturers' "Made in the USA" products uncompetitive against their foreign rivals, according to these manufacturing company executives.
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"States and cities committing to climate plans that regulate affordable, dependable power sources out of existence or subsidize uncompetitive energy technologies is a harmful to families, businesses and taxpayers in those respective areas," he said, referring to fossil fuels.
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Central to this Chinese statism is managing trade to restrict imports, discriminating against foreign investors, subsidizing and otherwise favoring uncompetitive state-owned enterprises and thus distorting what would otherwise be the outcomes of free decisions in a free market.
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The intensity of these checks will affect costs for British businesses that rely on just-in-time delivery, such as carmakers and supermarkets, and some fear even small border delays could make them uncompetitive, or reduce choice for shoppers.
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"Our vision is not about shielding uncompetitive industries or encouraging protectionist policies ... At the same time, the EU cannot be complacent about third countries or companies undermining fair competition in the single market on global markets," the document said.
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"Our vision is not about shielding uncompetitive industries or encouraging protectionist policies ... At the same time, the EU cannot be complacent about third countries or companies undermining fair competition in the single market on global markets," the document said.
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That could well have been the case with the Nikon 2121 system, a range of mirrorless cameras with terrible controls, small 1-inch sensors, and slow lenses that was wholly uncompetitive against the likes of Sony, Fujifilm, and Olympus.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Steelmakers in Europe have written to EU leaders urging them not to burden the industry with extra carbon emissions costs they say would make them uncompetitive against foreign rivals and raise the risk of job losses and plant closures.
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They did it by anchoring their rosters with homegrown talent, guys fans watched develop during those lean years with ever greater hopes for their futures—while the clubs continued to make big profits at the major league level despite uncompetitive teams.
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Last year, law firm Slater and Gordon Ltd filed a class-action suit against CBA seeking damages of more than A$100 million alleging the bank had invested the retirement savings of thousands of customers into low, uncompetitive interest-returning products.
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This still lags the number of data center locations some of its competitors like Amazon's AWS and Microsoft's Azure already offer today, but it's a far cry from the relatively uncompetitive position Google found itself in only a short while ago.
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A big argument about this tax bill was the U.S. tax code was uncompetitive and it forced companies to do things like incorporate in places like Ireland or the Island of Jersey so that they could avoid the onerous rate.
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The move will likely drive traffic to Amazon's Australian website, testing the patience of shoppers who have complained about its thin product range - a tenth the range of its U.S. site - and uncompetitive prices since it began taking orders in December.
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"The reactors in question are so uneconomical and uncompetitive that the capacity market simply cannot deliver enough revenue to change their fortunes," said Tim Judson, executive director at the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, which seeks to shut nuclear plants.
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Although this is currently just in the realm of possibilities and speculation, a 25-percent tariff on U.S. oil would make it uncompetitive in China, where American crude has already started to bite into the market shares of OPEC and Russia.
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Where the AL West was expected to be relatively uncompetitive, with the Astros taking the title and everyone else fighting for scraps, there is now a legitimately compelling playoff race, where every win might be the one that makes the difference.
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"There is no evidence in the record to suggest that temporarily delaying the retirement of uncompetitive coal and nuclear generators would meaningfully improve the resilience of the grid," wrote Commissioner Richard Glick, concurring with the agency's decision to reject the proposal.
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President Donald Trump's 28500 percent tariff on imported steel will create an existential shock in material costs for the domestic natural gas industry, potentially causing multibillion-dollar projects to become uncompetitive and threatening the president's own goal of U.S. energy dominance.
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Though Democrats are mostly uncompetitive in congressional elections in the South, a few have clung on to state-level office there on the strength of their reputations for getting stuff done and voters' greater pragmatism as politics moves closer to home.
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Instead, the primary goal of Mr. Trump's first tax bill should be to fix the federal corporate and small-business tax system, which has made America increasingly uncompetitive in global markets and has reduced jobs and wages here at home.
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The study estimates that a 85033 percent corporate rate would have resulted in U.S. companies acquiring $1.2 trillion worth of assets over that same period, meaning that more than $1.7 trillion in assets were lost because of the uncompetitive U.S. rate.
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Ultra-cheap borrowing also means uncompetitive companies are being given a life-line, reducing economic efficiency, while low yields make it harder for pension funds and life insurance firms to meet their long-term commitments without taking on higher risks.
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A working definition is that an industry may be uncompetitive if there is a concentration of sales, employees, intellectual property or data, and if returns on capital are abnormally high for long periods of time, with little sign of churn or new entrants.
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This proved to be a prudent trade in the presidential race: the higher-education regions that repudiated him were clustered in uncompetitive states like Texas and California, whereas the lower-education ones that embraced him were concentrated in hotly contested battleground states.
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As I've previously noted, the dirty secret that fintech startups are exposing is that financial services are never free, of course, but subsidised by things like hidden fees, zero interest paid when you are in credit or via up sold and uncompetitive products.
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It might have triggered cries of government meddling to save an uncompetitive plant from the likes of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page and complaints that it was a drop in the bucket and was impractical on a national scale from Democrats.
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"Information before us shows that Deloitte engaged in activities that were unfair, inequitable, non-transparent and uncompetitive using off-the-record briefings with Eskom officials to submit proposals, and were granted contracts even though their pricing was way above their competitors," said Mabuza.
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The agreement was only struck after hours of heated talks and energy-producing Saskatchewan did not sign up, saying the measure would make firms uncompetitive at a time when incoming U.S. President Donald Trump looks set to adopt policies cutting energy costs.
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"His stated approach to the global economy of waging trade war and protecting uncompetitive special interests would be disastrous for American economic well-being and national security," according to the study authored by Marcus Noland, Tyler Moran and Sherman Robinson and Gary Hufbauer.
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Nice phone plus high price hasn't equaled many sales, but HTC truly compounded its woes with a horribly uncompetitive midrange offering: the Desire 530 and 630 launched at MWC this year were out-specced in practically every way by cheaper Chinese alternatives.
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The text's subtle moral is timeless but also sings with elegiac timeliness — what a wonderful counterpoint to modern life's hamster wheel of achievement and approval, this idea that there is poetry in every pursuit executed with purposefulness and savored with uncompetitive joy.
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The U.S. blocked the acquisition of Qualcomm by the previously Singapore-headquartered Broadcom, signaling that 5G was an industry that the White House and the nation cared about — yet, the Federal Trade Commission sued Qualcomm for what it said was uncompetitive pricing.
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As for the potential for energy companies in coal states to send more power from fossil fuels to California customers, Mr. Cavanagh said market dynamics would preclude that, since the low cost of solar and wind energy is making other generation sources uncompetitive.
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Experts on Thursday noted that such surcharges aren't technically necessary, operate as little more than a cash grab on captive customers in uncompetitive markets, and urged all US ISPs to suspend the practice as millions of Americans work and learn from home.
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The first, costing $3.8bn, will carry oil from North Dakota's Bakken area, an early beneficiary of the shale revolution that has fallen into the doldrums, partly because it sends much of its oil out by relatively expensive rail, which makes it uncompetitive against Texan crude.
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"With very little process, and very little time for the public to even know this is happening, what they're proposing here is a multibillion-dollar uncompetitive subsidy to one company," said Jessica Azulay, a spokeswoman for the Alliance for a Green Economy, an environmentalist group.
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Utilities have denied they have overcharged customers, but the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) found that British households overpaid 1.4 billion pounds a year between 2012 and 2015 because of uncompetitive standard energy tariffs to which about 70 percent of the largest companies' customers are subscribed.
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Still, four of the five respondents are hopeful the July price hike will be smaller than 21.35 cents because of lower jet fuel margins and as a big price hike would make Arab Light uncompetitive against Middle East and Russian grades of similar quality.
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The team was being excoriated online for supposedly having made the sport uncompetitive, and the only glimmer of hope was that the payroll would become so outrageous that the team would have to be broken up so the owners could continue turning a profit.
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The inverse is true of Hispanics, whose electoral punch lags their growing weight in the population both because, with the exception of Florida, they are concentrated in uncompetitive states like California and New York and because fewer than half of them have shown up to vote.
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While the trade spat between Washington and Beijing could worsen to the point where U.S. crude exports to China are rendered completely uncompetitive, in the meantime it probably pays to looks at the underlying pricing to help judge the likelihood of whether exports will rise or fall.
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They are scrabbling to keep uncompetitive coal plants open and running, but as we saw with Perry's bonkers bid to blow up energy markets, there's just no way to do that without forcefully intervening and subsidizing them (which is not a stable long-term business plan).
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Law firm Slater & Gordon Ltd has filed a class-action suit against Commonwealth Bank of Australia seeking damages of more than A$100 million ($71 million) after the bank allegedly invested the retirement savings of thousands of customers into low, uncompetitive interest-returning products.
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If, like me, you receive income from abroad and in a different currency to your home bank account (as a contractor for TechCrunch, I'm paid in U.S. dollars), then you are very likely hit by extra bank charges and an uncompetitive exchange rate by your existing bank.
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Throughout the debate over the tax bill, Republicans cast the country's corporate tax rate as uncompetitive when compared with nations such as Ireland and Canada, and said the rate was pushing American multinationals to park their profits in other countries where their tax bills would be lower.
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Because other major economies such as the U.S. refuse to set a carbon price for their own industries, the EU's approach risks making many European companies uncompetitive, and it has prompted calls for a "border adjustment" tariff based on imports' climate impact in their home countries.
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At the same time as pursuing the metals tariffs, which have raised concern among U.S. consumers of steel and aluminum that rising costs will make them uncompetitive, the Trump administration has set out to tackle what it says is China's theft of intellectual property from U.S. companies.
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THAT BEING SAID I THINK WHAT TREASURY DID A LOT OF CANDIDATES TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING WALLS THEY JUST BUILT A WALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES KEEPING PEOPLE IN AND BASICALLY ALLOWING THE US TO BECOME UNCOMPETITIVE GLOBALLY AND IM NOT SURE THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR AMERICA.
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The event, starting early on Saturday morning for those in the USA and Europe, will be headlined by what should be a rather uncompetitive bantamweight contest between Holly Holm and Bethe Correia, while there are several fun fights evenly dispersed on the card throughout, including: Andrei Arlovski vs.
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In Brazil, it has been dogged by poor locations, inefficient operations, labor troubles and uncompetitive prices - with some of the problems baked in during an aggressive, decade-long growth surge - according to interviews with a dozen former and current Wal-Mart executives, as well as analysts, shoppers and store employees.
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Uncompetitive and undercapitalized ports, starving transit systems like D.C.'s Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Amtrak's network utilizing infrastructure more than a century old with barely enough money every year to survive, and a poorly funded Federal Aviation Administration and airline system, are among many painful symbols of this crisis.
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Witness the continued outpouring of "dumping" and other often rigged trade remedies that protect uncompetitive businesses and industries from foreign competition at the expense of American industries that can compete and at the cost of untold lost opportunities for Americans in the new arenas of the 28503st-century global economy.
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The exclusion of such companies producing thermal coal and generating electricity from coal was announced on Thursday and will come into effect at the start of next year as part of the fund's strategy to reduce economic risk within its portfolios as coal becomes uncompetitive as a fuel for power generation.
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And while ISPs like Comcast have already begun signaling that they'll be engaging in all manner of anti-competitive shenanigans in the wake of this regulatory "reform," with the other hand they're busy claiming that things will somehow be much, much better without meaningful oversight of the uncompetitive broadband sector.
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Brazil in particular has been dogged by poor locations, inefficient operations, labor troubles and uncompetitive prices — with some of the problems baked in during an aggressive, decade-long growth surge, according to interviews with a dozen former and current Wal-Mart executives, as well as analysts, shoppers and store employees.
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Antitrust experts on Twitter were quick to argue that Leon's ruling demonstrates an arguably flimsy grasp of the broader impact of AT&T's growing power, routinely takes AT&T lawyer claims at face value, and fails utterly to examine the merger in the context of AT&T's long history of uncompetitive behavior.
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With SB 822 slated for hearings before the California Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee this week, activists note ISP lobbyists are hard at work trying to derail the bill, claiming (as we saw on the federal level) that that there's nothing wrong with the uncompetitive broadband sector, and that consumer protections aren't necessary.
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First, the United States could deny Chinese rail car manufacturers access to the U.S. advanced rail market, in light of national security implications, and levy high import tariffs where China engages in uncompetitive trading practices, including state subsidies and other forms of support that allow manufacturers to significantly undercut U.S. and allied bidders.
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In point of fact, no — our corporate taxes are among the very highest in the industrialized world, make us uncompetitive and incentivize our companies to bolt; our regulation is stifling expansion and job-creation; and free trade policies have played their role, along with offshoring and automation, in hollowing-out our middle classes.
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The best of both bills is the slashing of what Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Buckingham Palace: Any suggestion Prince Andrew was involved in Epstein scandal 'abhorrent' The magic of majority rule in elections MORE rightly called our "uncompetitive" corporate tax rate.
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The prudence is probably influenced both by McGee's error-prone past and his injury history, but as Golden State looks to finish off a thus-far uncompetitive first-round series against Portland, it is the goofy center with the 9-foot-6.5-inch standing reach that has the Blazers searching for answers.
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"Cleantech companies developing new materials, hardware, chemicals, or processes were poorly suited for VC investment because they required significant capital, had long development timelines, were uncompetitive in commodity markets, and were unable to attract corporate acquirers," the authors of "Venture Capital and Cleantech: The Wrong Model for Clean Energy Innovation" wrote in 2016.
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FERC rejected a request by Ohio-based FirstEnergy to bail out its deregulated generation business by transferring its uncompetitive coal-fired Pleasants Power Station to West Virginia regulated subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison, which would have imposed on customers hundreds of millions of dollars of unnecessary costs over the next 15 years.
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Pai's plan to deregulate the BDS market is particularly troubling for public interest advocates because, contrary to the Trump FCC's assertions, the market for BDS services is already woefully uncompetitive, and has been for many years, hence the need for price caps to prevent monopoly broadband providers from jacking up prices to sky-high levels.
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"This is a so-called take-or-pay contract, so we have to pay for the gas whether we take it or not and the price is absolutely uncompetitive," Piotr Naimski, Poland's plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure, told a local radio Radio Warszawa when asked why Poland does not want to extend the Gazprom deal.
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Democrats have fared well in recent special elections, and they have turned out in strong numbers in the four contests where complete turnout numbers are now available: a relatively uncompetitive special election in Iowa's 22014th State Senate district in December, two January contests in Virginia, and Delaware's 10th State Senate district race in February.
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A bigger problem is that the populists have little idea how to deal with the myriad causes of Italy's stagnant productivity: a rigid, dual labour market; uncompetitive product markets; the proliferation of family-owned firms that do not grow; a banking system hobbled by bad loans; an underperforming education system; and, more recently, a brain-drain.
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A weak government saddled with an unreformed Senate that can continue to block legislation is the last thing that a country needs when its economy is as sclerotic as that of Italy, when its government is over-indebted, when its banks are saddled with a mountain of nonperforming loans and when the country has become internationally uncompetitive.
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The reality is that if we do the exact same thing we did when George W. Bush was president, we will likely get the exact same results — an inegalitarian growth pattern, an uncompetitive currency that hurts American manufacturing, and an economy based on rich people lending money to middle-class people so they can buy houses.
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The change makes it cheaper to repatriate funds, which has already inspired Apple and other companies to bring hundred of billions of dollars back to the U.S. Even though President Obama advocated reforming our outdated and uncompetitive business tax code, Democrats have refused to acknowledge that cutting corporate taxes might benefit workers and the U.S. economy overall.
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That is half the uncompetitive, disabling 220006 percent or more that American businesses paid when President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE entered office.
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In September, Mr. Perry warned that the loss of these plants could threaten the "reliability and resiliency of our nation's grid" and asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees regional electricity markets, to guarantee financial returns for power plants that can stockpile at least 90 days' worth of fuel on-site — which, in effect, meant propping up uncompetitive coal and nuclear units.
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"My takeaway from our paper is less that in-kind is the way to go for remote, uncompetitive villages (especially with improvements in electronic benefits transfers where cash is much cheaper and less prone to corruption) and more a good reminder that poor places are fraught with market imperfections that can limit the effectiveness of cash transfers and we need complementary policies too," Jayachandran says.
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But as Android Central reports, the new tech comes with two significant caveats, first of which that it only works (for now) with the LG G8 ThinQ phone, a device we found gimmicky and generally uncompetitive in our recent review, and a device that's reportedly sold uncharacteristically poorly, to the point that we started seeing it on deep discount within a few months of its release.
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According to a study conducted in 2011 by Andrew Reeves of Washington University, given two natural disasters that inflict the same amount of damage, presidents have been twice as likely to declare a disaster when one occurs in a swing state like Ohio or Florida, with a roughly equal number of Republican and Democratic voters, as when one happens in a politically uncompetitive place.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpO'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms Objections to Trump's new immigration rule wildly exaggerated MORE's vows to reward companies for keeping uncompetitive plants and processes in the U.S., while punishing companies for continuing to build highly-competitive, worldwide supply chains, risks devolving the system into one laden with idiosyncratic, random authoritarianism and lawlessness.
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Dem turnout bolstered by uncompetitive Rep primary However, an NBC News exit poll showed that 43 percent of the Democratic primary electorate in the state were independents, only slightly up from 40 percent in 2016, which would seem to suggest that there wasn't a big influx of independents who voted on the Republican side in 2016 and switched to the Democrats this time around.
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Yet here's the share of German employment in manufacturing since 1971: Now you can say — correctly and truly — that one-third of that shedding by Germany of its manufacturing job share is a special case: It took place in the first half of the 1990s, when the German East was absorbed and Germany was unified: That unification era saw an enormous one-time structural change, as the inefficient low-wage, low-productivity jobs of the communist factories of East Germany proved uncompetitive on the world market.
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Whether American companies arrive at their new foreign addresses through inversions or being taken over, they still escape the uncompetitive and unique American corporate tax code that requires them to pay tax twice on their worldwide income, once where it was earned and then again in the U.S. (No matter where a company is headquartered, it always has to pay U.S. tax on its U.S. earnings.) Escaping double taxation allows the consolidated company to direct more resources to its employees, customers, and shareholders, many of whom are pensioners and retirees.
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