Its main use is in fashion, as opposed to " real " ( fine ) jewelry which may be regarded primarily as collectibles, keepsakes, or investments.

Its high profile and popularity make it a merchandising environment, which results in great investments from sponsors and budgets in the hundreds of millions for the constructors.

Its spacious fertile lands were investments for these stars, who were relatively isolated from the hassle that was Hollywood for these fan-plagued people, some of whom genuinely wanted to live private lives away from Tinseltown.

Its definition can be extended to include investments made to acquire lasting interest in enterprises operating outside of the economy of the investor.

Its products include savings accounts, tax-free savings accounts ( TFSAs ), mortgages, retirement savings plans ( RSPs ), guaranteed investments ( GICs ), mutual funds, business accounts and a no-fee daily checking accounts.

Its main object was to provide investments for strengthening the economy and for national defense.

Its proximity to Sydney has been an influence on the area ’ s investments in wine production and its emergence as a tourist destination.

Its public functions depended on public investments through an institution called vakifs.

Its investments include the UK based independent pure green energy business ( Infinis ), a US wind energy business ( EverPower ) and an Italian solar energy business ( RTR ).

Its products include life insurance, general insurance, pensions and investments.

Its major investments presently include the World Financial Center in New York, First Canadian Place in Toronto, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Transelec and Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners.

Its three offices ( New York, Bahrain and London ) work together to identify investment opportunities and place investments.

Its global presence has been reinforced through the acquisitions of leading online marketplaces Buy. com ( US ), Priceminister ( France ), Ikeda ( now Rakuten Brasil ), Tradoria ( now Rakuten Deutschland ) and Play. com ( UK ), and investments in Ozon. ru and AHA Life.

Its investments in global real-estate at the market top in 2008 have also decreased substantially in value.

Its product range includes life assurance, pensions, investments and savings.

Its total return on investments in 2008 was -$ 27 million ( a loss ), and the total value of its investments was $ 83 million.

Its total return on investments was $ 5 million, and the total value of its investments was $ 107 million.

Its operations are funded with endowment capital and returns from capital investments.

Its investment portfolio is managed by its three subsidiaries: GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd ( public markets ), GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd and GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd ( private-equity investments ).

Its international investments include ( or have included )

Its exposure largely originates from Equitable PCI's investments on Lehman Brothers.

Its second home market is Central Europe, served via subsidiaries and investments in the Czech Republic ( ČSOB ), Slovakia ( ČSOB ), Hungary ( K & H Bank ), Poland ( Kredyt Bank ) and Slovenia ( Nova Ljubljanska Banka ).

Its stated objective was to open up markets to competition by removing regulatory barriers to entry: The conference report refers to the bill “ to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition ....” Congress attempted to create a regulatory framework for the transition from primarily monopoly provision to competitive provision of telecommunications services.

Its customers include the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, U. S. Government intelligence agencies, NASA, aerospace contractors and commercial telecommunications and wireless customers.

Its wholesale activity offers telecommunications services to other operators and suppliers on the Belgian market.

Its major industries include electronics, software and telecommunications development and agriculture.

Its main sectors of activity are banking, agro-business, renewable energy, telecommunications and manufacturing.

Its client base in the United States consists primarily of companies in the financial services, insurance, information services, direct marketing, media, retail, consumer packaged goods, technology, automotive, healthcare, travel and telecommunications industries, and the government sector.

Its customers at this time included those in industries such as retail, telecommunications, finance, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.

Its portfolio of businesses now ranges from retail and real estate activities through to wood products, tourism, fixed and mobile telecommunications, construction, transport, the media and risk capital.

Its telecommunications policy functions were transferred to Industry Canada and its cultural role was assumed by the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Its areas of responsibility relate to industry, especially technology-intensive manufacturing, information technology, and telecommunications.

Its products are found in the telecommunications, automotive, medical, computing, home appliance, and consumer electronics industries.

Its major interests include 15 daily and 38 weekly newspapers, and more than 300 magazines around the world, including Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle and O, The Oprah Magazine ; 29 television stations through Hearst Television Inc. which reach a combined 18 % of U. S. viewers ; ownership in leading cable networks, including A + E Networks, and ESPN Inc .; as well as business publishing, Internet businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution and real estate.

Its goals are to increase sustainable agriculture opportunities, improve health and education, increase access to financing for microfinance and business clients, advance infrastructure, help small businesses grow revenues, and invest in climate health.

Its name at first was proposed as the " Mammoth Escape Route " but was changed to the Mammoth Scenic Loop after Mammoth area businesses and land owners complained.

Its Special Economic Zone, established in Sosnowiec thanks to the efforts of local authorities, plays a major role in attracting new businesses into the area.

Its content is primarily advertising from local businesses plus articles and information about people and community events.

Its Main Street had businesses varying from general stores, drug stores, a modern theater, cafes, two banks and more.

Its many antebellum homes and businesses attest to the wealth and culture of the period.

Its properties are some of the most sought after in the state, as the community is secluded from main roads and businesses, but is close enough for easy commuting.

Its location at the busy junction of M-52 and M-106 helps maintain and sustain the small businesses of the village.

Its downtown district is centered on the corner 40th Avenue NE and Central Avenue, and includes the Heights Theater, county offices, the Public Library, and a variety of businesses.

Its businesses are concentrated on ( or near ) Ocean Walk and include real-estate offices, casual-dining restaurants, bars, clubs, a grocery, a theater, and clothing and gift stores.

Its location made it an ideal place of entrepreneurs to establish businesses.

Its school was consolidated with the Rusk schools in the 1950s, and many of the town's businesses closed.

Its banks are bounded by the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail, and businesses offer recreational watercraft services along the lakefront portion of the trails.

Its most famous lists rank companies by gross revenue and profile their businesses:

Its goals of sustainable foods and promotion of local small businesses are paralleled by a political agenda directed against globalization of agricultural products.

Its businesses included power generation and retail energy services in Texas newly deregulated electricity market.

Its businesses also included PHS ( Paldio ), paging, and satellite.

Its banking businesses rank the third in Japan after MUFG and SMFG, and the ninth in the world by market capitalisation as of Nov 2009.

Its business sector consisted of 17, 647 establishments in 2005, representing a total of 14. 7 % of the businesses in Malaga province, and showed greater dynamism than the provincial capital itself for growth over the period 1998-2004, when it grew 9 % compared to the 2. 4 % growth rate of Málaga.

" Its main thoroughfare, 18th Avenue ( also known as Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard ) between roughly 60th Street and Shore Parkway, is lined with predominantly small, Italian family-owned businesses — many of which have remained in the same family for several generations.

Its mandate is to help create and develop Canadian businesses through financing, subordinate financing, venture capital and consulting services, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.

Its foundation was inspired by the government, and resulted from the recognition in the 1930s, given new impetus in the postwar era, that smaller businesses faced a gap in available corporate finance due to banks being unwilling to provide long-term capital and the companies being too small to raise capital from the public markets.

Its creators met regularly with the businesses that created products for the show, to ensure their goals of creating high-quality products that were educational and met " the same high ... standards as the show ".

Its public relations, CRM and specialty communications agencies are managed by its DAS network and include the CRM businesses of Javelin, Proximity Worldwide, Rapp and Targetbase ; the PR agency businesses Brodeur Worldwide, Fleishman-Hillard, G + Europe, Ketchum Inc., Pleon and Porter Novelli and retail / promotional businesses such as Alcone Marketing Group.