* Photos of Medieval Croziers from Italy, France, Spain & England

Croziers are often made of fine metal, or at least gilded or silver-plated.

They are written by specialists in numerous types of business enterprises, cover a wide range of subjects, and are directed to the needs and interests of the small firm.

the volume of timber that can be marketed, especially for small sales and the support of dependent communities and small business enterprises ; ;

For years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were going to prove the permanent seat of business and wealth that belong to such enterprises.

Other types of business organizations, such as cooperatives, credit unions and publicly owned enterprises, can be established with purposes that parallel, supersede, or even replace the profit maximization mandate of business corporations.

* Flexible solutions for SMEs-small or medium-size enterprises can benefit from a flexible service that can evolve with the business.

:" The importance of the Drake well was in the fact that it caused prompt additional drilling, thus establishing a supply of petroleum in sufficient quantity to support business enterprises of magnitude.

The intelligentsia, an educated, professional or business middle class, often originated from gentry alienated from their rural possessions ( many smaller serfdom-based agricultural enterprises had not survived the land reforms ) and from urban people.

Business management training, one-to-one business advice, networking and a membership program are among the opportunities the Centre offers to develop and support women-owned enterprises.

While exploration and mining can sometimes be conducted by individual entrepreneurs or small business, most modern-day mines are large enterprises requiring large amounts of capital to establish.

An increase in acquisitions in the global business environment requires enterprises to evaluate the key stake holders of acquisition very carefully before implementation.

When self-synchronization is reached, the model states that the personal interests of individuals toward their privacy is in balance with the business interests of enterprises who collect and use the personal information of those individuals.

In an ideal capitalism based on perfect competition, competitive pressures compel business enterprises to respond to the needs of consumers, so that the pursuit of profit approximates production for use through an indirect process ( competitive pressures on private firms ).

British business enterprises, harbour rights, and consulate office were the basis on which the United Kingdom had cause to intervene in Samoa.

State capitalism is usually characterized by the dominance or existence of a significant number of state-owned business enterprises.

The Unification Church sought to promote private business enterprises that would shift the North Korean economy away from a planned economy to a market economy.

The main entities seeking to raise long term funds on the primary capital markets are governments ( which may be municipal, local or national ) and business enterprises ( companies ).

* Major enterprises, who use the facility for disaster avoidance, offsite data backup and business continuity

Politically motivated movements aided by hippies include the back to the land movement of the 1960s, cooperative business enterprises, alternative energy, the free press movement, and organic farming.

Co-operative business enterprises and creative community living arrangements are more accepted than before.

Two kinds of competitors are competing in this space: one set is focused on VoIP for medium to large enterprises, while another is targeting the small-to-medium business ( SMB ) market.

In the United States, the federal government and some state governments are required to look for disabled, minority, and veteran business enterprises when bidding public jobs.

For residents and visitors alike, the city features a wide array of business and industrial enterprises, retail and residential areas, and historical sites.

Robert Hoke, a former Confederate general from North Carolina, purchased the cave on July 21, 1869 as one of his business enterprises after the American Civil War.

Just as in the commercial enterprises where there are, in a corporate setting, directors, managers and various staff that carry out the business of the day as part of business operations or undertake business project management, military also has its routines and projects.

The sixty-odd club members were the leading business tycoons of Western Pennsylvania and included among their number Frick's best friend, Andrew Mellon, his attorneys Philander Knox and James Hay Reed, as well as Frick's business partner, Carnegie.

The Clintons ' personal and business affairs during the 1980s included transactions that became the basis of the Whitewater investigation that dogged his later presidential administration.

An hourly business update is included during the weekday schedule from the BBC Business Unit.

These included personal journeys, journeys related solely with his second job as a solicitor, and Conservative Party business, for example travel to Conservative conferences.

The add-on was unofficial but was included in an official compilation called Duke Nukem: Kill-A-Ton Collection through business deals with 3D Realms.

His business dealings included successful farming operations, one of Connecticut's early iron works, and land speculation in the Vermont territory.

They were an extremely heterogeneous lot that included liberal intellectuals, conservative clergymen, and representatives from Guayaquil's successful business community.

The book provided an overview of the history, culture, and business of the sports and included interviews with athletes, company owners, and marketers.

These included An Elopement à la Mode and The Pickpocket: A Chase Through London, made by Alf Collins for the British branch of the French Gaumont company, Daring Daylight Burglary, made by Frank Mottershaw at the Sheffield Photographic Company, and Desperate Poaching Affray, made by the Haggar family, whose main business was exhibiting films made by others in their traveling tent theatre.

Popular and pioneering film makers included the Bamforths in Yorkshire, William Haggar and his family business in Wales and Frank Mottershaw whose film, A Daring Daylight Robbery, started the chase genre.

Others who responded negatively to Hayek's work on the business cycle included John Hicks, Frank Knight, and Gunnar Myrdal.

* Disposals of bulk chemicals businesses at that time included the sale of its Australian subsidiary, ICI Australia, for £ 1bn in 1997, and of its polyester chemicals business to DuPont for $ 3 billion also in 1997.

Brabham retired to Australia after the 1970 Formula One season, where he bought a farm and maintained various business interests, which included the Engine Developments racing engine manufacturer and several garages.

Al-Fayed's major business purchases have included:

Incentives for business were related mostly to import-duty exemptions, but they included a variety of tax breaks and placed no restrictions on foreign ownership.

The Copying Department comprised shorthand, typing and copying services, and included secretaries for the Registrar and judges, emergency reporters capable of taking notes down verbatim and copyists ; the smallest of the departments, it comprised between 12 and 40 staff depending on the business of the Court.

Marketing and support of the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet is also included in the Aeronautics business area.

The firms operations included smuggling opium into China from Malwa, India, trading spices and sugar with the Philippines, exporting Chinese tea and silk to England, factoring and insuring cargo, renting out dockyard facilities and warehouse space, trade financing and other numerous lines of business and trade.

The trading concerns of Jardine's included smuggling opium into China from India, trading spices and sugar from the Philippines, importing Chinese tea and silk into England, handling cargo papers and cargo insurance, renting of dockyard facilities and warehouse space, trade financing and other numerous lines of business and trade.

A grass-skirted hula dancer from the pilot episode was also included, played by Helen Kuoha-Torco, who later became a professor of business technology at Windward Community College.

Chirac's internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatisation.

The biggest difference was that the novel included a more upbeat ending than the film, in which Kay Corleone accepts Michael's decision to take over his father's business.

Sometimes such a feature ( for example, the ability to change the switch character in MS-DOS, usually to a hyphen ) is included for compatibility ( in this case with Unix utilities ) or future-expansion reasons, but the software provider changes their mind or goes out of business ; the absence of documentation makes it easier to justify the feature's removal.

GEC's major defence related acquisitions included Associated Electrical Industries in 1967, English Electric Company ( including its Marconi subsidiary ) in 1968, Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1985, parts of Ferranti's defence business in 1990, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in 1995 and Kvaerner Govan in 1999.