Multinational

Beijing has shown increasing willingness to engage in multinational economic institutions, demanding a greater voice in both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to better reflect China's status as the world's second-largest economy after the U.S. ❋ Dinny McMahon (2010)

Individuals working in multinational firms or running a business abroad come under the bracket of international tax law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only study that used real firm level data on how they used the funds – an academic survey of actual users of the break – did find that the funds went for the allowed purposes such as investment and payrolls (confirmed by data showing, for example, that wages went up in multinational corporations in the sectors that used the break heavily). ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

I think attitudes have changed and a lot of past mistakes are recognized (although you could draw parallels with certain multinational companies, if you wanted to). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Overall, CCTV didn't lose any of its major and long-term multinational clients this year, said Xia Hongbo, the director of CCTV's advertising department. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Each book is based on a series of long-term multinational case studies, and each takes account of the microeconomics of particular industries. ❋ David Warsh (1993)

The NSTC, with advice from PCAST, will recommend policies for long-term multinational agreements for the support of large scientific projects. ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)

Recently I have spent a lot of time in French multinational companies, and what is inescapable is the stranglehold that English already has on the world of business here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In order of assets, the largest Mexican multinational is Cemex (the cement maker with overseas assets of 12.193 billion dollars and annual foreign sales of 45.403 billion dollars), followed by América Móvil (telecommunications), Grupo Bimbo (bakery products), Gruma (corn flour and food products), Savia (seeds, food distribution) and IMSA (steel and plastics). ❋ Unknown (2006)

It might be easier to micromanage aspects of, or even plan fully, an economy if it’s size is, say, smaller than certain multinational corporations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since World War II and the aftermath programs such as the Marshall Plan and others, the empire, though founded on American industrial might, has become increasingly a Westernized Capitalist Empire created by and for those control what we now call multinational corporations and international banking interests. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most reasonable strategy would seem to be to do more to ensure that states respect the human rights of their minorities and to encourage intrastate autonomy agreements rather than giving up on the idea of multinational states. ❋ Buchanan, Allen (2007)

Then he will be having a-- what they are calling a multinational lunch. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He added: “Leaving electronics in the hands of a multinational is a danger for the sovereignty of the nation.” ❋ James E. Austin (2000)

Stages one and two -- intervention and transition -- are part of what is called the multinational force; and that is the group of 24 plus the United States that will be meeting here later. ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)

Johnson, General Electric _ several dozen big-name multinational companies whose backing wins them space in the pavilion's "honor wall," use of its VIP visitors center and an exhibit in the hall visitors will walk through as they leave the pavilion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Joe: Didn't [Bill Gates] just move [500],000 American jobs to India? John: Yep, multinationals like [Microsoft] hate America. ❋ FreedomLover (2003)

The multinationals are [responsible] for taking my small community and making it bigger. Multinationals only consider their own profit-driven interests. Multinationals are [stripping] us of our [identity] as a society. ❋ Ashley Elizabeth (2005)

[Betty] You [dont wanna] be a multin [do u] ❋ Bill Murray (2005)

Nowadays, they even have Heartless Multinational Industries in Video Games. They're the reason that other than Grand Theft Auto, there hasn't been a single good Video Game since 2001. Instead we're stuck with utter monkey sh*t such as Mediocre-at-best [X Box] games, [Recycled] Platstation 2 games, and anything on [Gamecube]/Gamecube itself. ❋ G-Union (2003)