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Information technology departments must spend enormous amounts of time and money worrying about integrating big computer systems with billions of pieces of customer data. (Alex Berenson)
Individual income can grow only as fast as productivity rises. View quote
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African runners regularly work out in the United States and Europe, and the International Olympic Committee sends some of the cash from the Games to Olympic committees in poor nations, which use the money to finance their own programs. View quote
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Microeconomics is the study of how specific choices made by businesses, consumers and governments affect the markets for different goods and services. For example, a microeconomist might examine how price changes affect sales of apples relative to oranges. View quote
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I think in some ways what Snowden is, is he's a mix of a cold war spy novel and post-9/11 spy novel. View quote
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Of all the big Internet companies, Yahoo is the most highly valued on a price-earnings and price-sales basis. View quote
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Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates. View quote
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I know it's a cliche, but trust me on this. I once dated a Canadian. Canada = boring. View quote
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The difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics is a bit like the difference between biology and medicine. Knowing that certain genes increase the risk of cancer is relatively easy. Figuring out exactly which people will get sick, or how to cure them, is a lot more complicated. View quote
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At any moment, one company stands in the spotlight of the middle ring in the stock market's never-ending circus. It may not be the biggest corporation in the world, or the most profitable, but somehow it both mirrors and leads the market's broader action. View quote
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Companies buy customers when they cannot win new business on their own. They merge when their executives do not have a better idea of what to do. (Alex Berenson)
The fact that we haven't faced another major terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11 is a very significant achievement, and one that's easy to forget - it's the dog that doesn't bark. View quote
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Some big banks remain wary of venture capital. View quote
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Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and technology. View quote
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Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary. View quote
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Bigger spreads mean bigger gaps between what buyers pay and sellers receive. For example, a spread of 10 cents a share means that the buyer pays $100 more for 1,000 shares than the seller receives. View quote
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As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. View quote
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I think when you have lawyers arguing over whether you can keep a detainee at 46 degrees... for two hours, that's not torture. It may be unpleasant, it may be coercive... but let's say what torture actually is, and that's not it. View quote
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Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive alternative investment. View quote
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At the end of 2000, most investors were optimistic that a return to quick gains could not be far off. View quote
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It's no secret that big institutional investors have a lot of advantages on Wall Street. They get the first chance to buy hot initial public offerings. They get to meet in person with companies' managements. (Alex Berenson)
In the short run, using militias might be the quickest and easiest way to improve order on Iraq's streets and uproot the terrorists and guerrillas who routinely attack American troops and civilian targets. View quote
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Traditionally, companies have made major announcements before or after the close of trading so that all interested investors and analysts are apprised of the news before trading resumes in their stocks. View quote
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Most companies can survive even if their debt ratings are lowered below investment grade, although they will have higher borrowing costs. View quote
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In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. View quote
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