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  • noun Plural form of business.

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Examples

  • The Financial Supervisory Commission yesterday called on banks to refrain from tightening loans to businesses following the implementation of a new accounting rule that could affect businesses* balance sheets.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • I do appreciate that the health insurance mandate applies to everyone and not just to those that choose to go into certain businesses, but the oft repeated statement that there has never been a mandate from the Federal Government to purchase services or goods from private businesses is simply wrong.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010

  • I do appreciate that the health insurance mandate applies to everyone and not just to those that choose to go into certain businesses, but the oft repeated statement that there has never been a mandate from the Federal Government to purchase services or goods from private businesses is simply wrong.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010

  • He calculates that small mom-and-pops, which he defines as businesses with fewer than 10 employees, account for nearly 80 percent of employer firms in the U.S., but only about 11 percent of the jobs.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • He calculates that small mom-and-pops, which he defines as businesses with fewer than 10 employees, account for nearly 80 percent of employer firms in the U.S., but only about 11 percent of the jobs.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Right wing economists say that letting the ultra-rich accumulate still more wealth is good for the economy as a whole because the rich have more money to invest in businesses, which are the main source of jobs.

    The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: One Nation with No Jobs The Media Consortium 2010

  • Right wing economists say that letting the ultra-rich accumulate still more wealth is good for the economy as a whole because the rich have more money to invest in businesses, which are the main source of jobs.

    The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: One Nation with No Jobs The Media Consortium 2010

  • Right wing economists say that letting the ultra-rich accumulate still more wealth is good for the economy as a whole because the rich have more money to invest in businesses, which are the main source of jobs.

    The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: One Nation with No Jobs The Media Consortium 2010

  • Your shop, located in a different part of town and in a mall with multiple businesses, is much more complicated.

    How to write your Mexican address�the Mexican way 2009

  • Your shop, located in a different part of town and in a mall with multiple businesses, is much more complicated.

    How to write your Mexican address�the Mexican way 2009

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