Almost two years since Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) decision to recall the arthritis pill Vioxx, the legal liability from people who say Vioxx caused their heart attacks still casts a shadow over the legendary drug giant--even as Merck unveils some of its most promising new drugs in a decade.
Perhaps the most successful campaign in recent years was Apple Computer 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) decision to open its own retail stores.
Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) decision is based on new three-year data from a clinical trial designed to test the effect of Vioxx on preventing colorectal polyps.
Mr Murray said it may be legitimate government policy to discourage people from choosing death over life, but he argued it was not a proper basis for telling people what decision they can make about their lives.
Antigenics ' (nasdaq: AGEN - news - people ) decision to test the drug in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a rare disease developed by more than 4, 000 adults per year, is emblematic of a trend in drug development.
Then again, Apple may be hedging its bets: Its foray into consumer electronics comes directly on the heels of Intel's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people) decision to exit the crowded gadget marketplace after just a few quarters' participation.
If people form inferences about decision importance from their own decision efforts, then not only might increased perceived importance lead people to spend more time deciding, but increased decision time might, in turn, validate and amplify these perceptions of importance, which might further increase deliberation time.
At the end of the day, your mortgage loan will be originated, processed, approved and closed by people, software and institutions will be the platforms that allow individuals to do their jobs, but you are choosing people to help with the single biggest financial decision most people will make.
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It would be strange if people made their decision based on vice presidential candidates.
Some people justify the decision to have children on the ground that they are perpetuating a family name or a genetic line.
The minister said he recognised that fluency factored in people's decision to speak Welsh, with many feeling intimidated by their level of competency.
But some people questioned the decision and its timing, 24 hours after campaigners trying to keep child heart surgery in Leeds won a legal challenge.
Judge Fallon actually used those very people in his decision to hand down the stiff prison term with the following statement that was reported by Charles Maldonado of www.
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It can be extremely difficult to get things done and maintain a high level of productivity when people (especially decision makers) are out of the office, says Marian Morgan, a productivity coach.
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It is essential for States to foster participation by the poorest people in the decision-making process by the community in which they live, the promotion of human rights and efforts to combat extreme poverty.
Those people say the decision is also complicated by party leaders' desire to avoid drawing more public attention to some of the issues raised by the Bo scandal, notably the private wealth of many top leaders' families.
And for some yet-to-be-explained reason, Obama and his associates believe they can make this regime -- which as recently as Friday called for the mass murder of its own citizens, and as recently as Saturday blamed the US for the Iranian people's decision to rise up against the mullahs -- reach such an agreement.
These can include people directly involved in a decision, supervisors and managers, project teams, internal resources and people outside the organization.
When people are making a buying decision over pottery, it's usually the design, the shape that people go for - and then the price.
If we make the right decision, I think many people will follow us and take also the right decision.
The problem most people have with this decision was that it was so transparently unfair.
It just brings back special memories and it was a tougher decision than people realise.
About 8, 000 people have appealed the decision and about 2, 000 appeals have been heard so far.
Gift Trapence, from the campaign group Centre for the Development of People, welcomed the decision.
Simultaneously, all these excellent people would have a decision to make about their own careers.
People who make a decision to forego health insurance do not opt out of the health care market.
Because that is a known entity, I think people make a sounder decision and then, therefore, make it a career.
The company, which employs 14 people, said the decision to close was made after a series of robberies in 2012.
This decision to hang on while the confidence of the American people dwindled was the single dumbest decision our government made.
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