Facebook, Twitter and Google have all opened offices in Brazil, recognizing the importance of localizing their products and customer service efforts.
It is widely said "Think globally, act locally"...... well the disaster happens when people do the opposite.
In San Diego, our local innovation economy is a thriving industry employing thousands of highly skilled workers.
I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.
local level communication and uses of it's human resources are applicable to anywhere in the world.
The very valuable time of the humanity often passes with the incredible stupidities and with the local matters not worth a penny!
Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms.
It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.
I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters.
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving the world.
I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time.
Where issues used to be, say, parochial or local in Ireland or England and so forth, all politics is global now because all business is global.
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular...
Many people struggle to make hummus that lives up to their expectations at home, and recreating a favourite brand or the stuff from your local deli is almost impossible.
My father was an electrical engineer who worked at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. When I was growing up, my mother wrote humor columns for the local paper. She was the Erma Bombeck of Murrysville, Pa.
I've also committed my time and resources to many local organizations like Christmas in April, Catholic Community Services, and Hudson County Meals on Wheels.
But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government.
Businesses are not just local or even national anymore - good ideas are immediately global. So the market opportunities are much larger than we've ever imagined or seen.
When I was growing up, there was a feeling in one's living room as much as in one's local gallery that a little elitism was good for the soul.
