Much of that has to do with the strange economic incentive system in the music business--acts keep most of the money made on tour, while record labels keep most of any money made from record music sales.
Perhaps in the faint recollection that his Christian Democratic predecessor as chancellor, Helmut Kohl, also ran into a streak of bad election results after coming to power in 1982, yet went on to keep office for a record 16 years.
Yet the stock market can only produce strong returns from these levels if U.S. company profit margins, which are already near record levels, keep expanding on a rising tide of growth and prosperity.
The Ducati rider has won all three previous races at the desert circuit, despite claiming it is not one of his favourites, and he will be keen to keep up that record under the lights on Sunday.
And Mr Shepherd said the company would keep its feet on the ground, despite its record performance.
Go for funds that have a long track record and keep a close eye on their costs.
Other special features include adjustable width (though no adjustable weighting -- c'mon, guys), a huge "wing" on the right side meant to keep your fingers from dragging, and a software suite that lets you record macros, tweak the million on-board lights, and even turn the bulky rodent into a fairly-functional joystick.
She says she wrote most of the record while on tour, as a way to keep herself grounded.
He ended up knocking on people's doors to seek out odd jobs to keep his record unbroken.
Businesses that run call centers could record calls in order to provide better customer service and keep tabs on agents.
Crisis communications experts, who refused to speak on the record, said they would have advised Morgan Stanley to keep quiet until it was 100% certain it had found all the documents it was ever going to find.
Systems of engagement are different from the traditional systems of record that log transactions and keep the financial accounting in order: They focus on people, not processes (see the Figure).
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That is, even though these 401k plan record-keepers had negotiated contracts that allowed them to collect greater revenue sharing from non-proprietary mutual funds on behalf of 401k plan participants the record-keepers told the funds to keep the money.
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McDonald's might be making record profits, but let's keep in mind when you go into the McDonald's on the corner that is a franchise.
The Bernanke Fed has been characterized by an aggressive attack on Treasury yields through all possible means: zero-bound interest rates with a pledge to keep them at record-lows for years to come, purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities through several programs of quantitative easing (QE), and a maturity extension program dubbed Operation Twist that should push longer-term rates even lower.
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