Administering private accounts can actually cost more than a defined-benefit plan for large firms.
SMEs' operating profits were 4.5% of sales in 2007, compared with about 7% for large firms.
His only unexpected tax announcement was a £130m rise in business rates for large firms and supermarkets.
She criticised the tendency for large firms to get contracts, leaving charities to fight for scraps as subcontractors.
His father is a computer consultant for JAT, a company in Bridgewater, N.J., that develops payroll systems for large firms.
It is easier for large firms, which are more prevalent in Manhattan than elsewhere, to easily match buyers and sellers without sharing.
For large firms, this could mean fines of up to £20m for corporate manslaughter and up to £10m for fatal health and safety offences.
The district was developed in the 20's and 30's to accommodate the booming women's fashion trade, and most buildings are unsuitable for large firms.
For small businesses, the worst breaches cost between £65,000 and £115,000 on average; for large firms, the damage is between £600,000 and £1.15m.
Last summer, on the eve of the meltdown, European Union pollsters reported that two-thirds of EU citizens saw globalisation as profitable only for large firms, not citizens.
Yuyun Indradi, a campaigner at Greenpeace, says that it is common for large firms to expand by paying locals to set fires along the sides of their concessions.
