The Koglweogo have multiplied around the major cities in central Burkina Faso, to counter increasing instances of robbery.
Economies of scale are important in selling term insurance, for example, and to counter increased competition from banks.
Nokia, the Finnish company that is the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said third-quarter profit and sales would fall as it cuts prices to counter increased competition.
The company, based in Peoria, has sought to counter increased competition from rivals like Deere & Company and CNH Global N.V. by offering incentives to dealers, which include reduced interest rates and price cuts.
But experts say even its vast propaganda and state security apparatus has struggled to counter increasing domestic cynicism about the regime, which has proved incapable of meeting its people's basic needs.
The best city stories we've collected this week include temporary public transport initiatives in Italian cities hoping to counter increasing air pollution, and the Japanese town on course to become the country's first "zero-waste" community.
Calls for similar in/out referendums could multiply, most imminently in the Netherlands, and member states are split on what direction the bloc should take to counter increasing Euroscepticism across member states.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is moving toward a major expansion of its cybersecurity force to counter increasing attacks on the nation's computer networks, as well as to expand offensive computer operations on foreign adversaries, defense officials said Sunday.
LOS ANGELES — Nintendo on Tuesday announced a new version of its Wii video game console, in a move to counter increased competition from higher-resolution consoles from Microsoft and Sony, as well as multifunction devices like the Apple iPad.
UPS is constantly trying to counter increasing fuel prices.
