But, there are many smaller communities across the country that have advantageous locations or something unique about them (i.e. major university located there, name medical complex located there, significant clean industry in the city, highly educated population base without being a large urban complex) that offer attractive locations for women to look at when starting a business.

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In addition, some franchises, such as the Yankees, are located in large metropolitan areas and given league revenue sharing practices, can turn this population base into a big financial advantage.

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Developers such as Mr. Hadjipanayiotou hope that as a result of the gas discovery, large global companies will choose to base themselves in the country, whose population is about 1.1 million, according to the World Bank.

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And competition between Google, Facebook, Yahoo, fixed and mobile operators to seize control of the data opportunities of a global and very large customer base in mobile (at least 4 times the size of the fixed line internet population) is impacting on other sectors.

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For example, the U.S. has both the largest current installed base and market upside because of its unique, well-penetrated and large, affluent population.

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Finestrella, founded in 2008, is a an innovative pioneer in the delivery of affordable and high-value mobile telephony services to the large unbanked population in Mexico which accounts for 75% of the entire population and nearly the entire base of the pyramid socioeconomic segment.

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The indigenous population of Diego Garcia was effectively expelled in order to allow the island to become a very large American air base.

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