But by the time any error is reversed, there might not be much of WorldCom left to compensate his clients.
The court heard that by the time the error had been discovered the healthy kidney had been put in a jar of sterilising agent - and could never be used.
But at the same time it makes error after error with its innovations.
Unlike costs, capital expenses are written off against profits over time, so the error by WorldCom boosted its reported cashflow and profits.
Morgan in a Brooklyn office building said workers were encouraged by supervisors to examine pools of loans they knew would be less time-consuming or error-prone as they tried to hit loan quotas.
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In finance, standards can take years to define as working groups from banks, securities firms and depositories meet repeatedly to hash out what needs to be in a message and ways to make it machine-readable so the communication can be handled by computers with straight-through processing (STP) and not require any expensive, time-consuming and error-inducing human intervention.
Although the MIT study does not give margins of error, the 2.6 minute average difference in waiting time surely falls within a reasonable margin of error.
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This error is repeated time and time again by organizations around the world.
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Investors should take the time to explore the tracking error of the funds they own or are thinking about purchasing.
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Kind of like how Microsoft jumps on those error messages every time Windows asks if you want to report it to them, right?
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On Saturday Madrid twice came from behind, but goalkeeper Iker Casillas' error in stoppage time gifted Villarreal the victory that ended any lingering title hopes.
Madrid twice came from behind to draw level, but goalkeeper Iker Casillas' error in stoppage time gifted Villarreal the victory which leaves Juande Ramos' side eight points behind Barca with just two games left.
"Beyond the fact that the error occurred at all, most concerning was the length of time it took the Buffalo VA to catch the error -- over two years, as well as the three-month delay in informing patients who may have been exposed, " Higgins, whose district includes the city of Buffalo, wrote in a letter to the VA on Monday.
The service certainly saves these young researchers trial and error, and therefore time and money.
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When something isn't said at the right time, it becomes a policy error.
Other wrinkles complicate response-time measurement, such as human error.
The method offers the promise of a rapid and precise screening of algae directly rather than the existing time-consuming, cumbersome and error-prone means for analyzing algae, and may prove pivotal in the development of a fuel industry based on algae.
At question time on 22 November 2010, government whip Earl Attlee said the error, discovered by Department for Transport officials, would be corrected next time the guide for road users is published.
We also have implemented new accountability measures, posting details of error rates at PaymentAccuracy.gov, and for the first time adding sanctions for programs that fail to meet an increasingly rigorous threshold for error.
Moreover, transportation fuel costs are high around the world at a time when there is little margin for error in the economy.
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While there is some loss of flexibility a new supplier cannot quickly be brought into a project efficiencies are potentially huge as materials are delivered just in time and automatically, cutting out human error and cost in the ordering process.
Three time champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario dumped an error-prone Venus Williams out of the French Open to progress to the semi-finals.
The former is a complete waste of time, and the latter is prone to error, which can lead to even more work in the future.
Yahoo tested its model against the results of the last 10 presidential elections and found that it was accurate 88% of the time, with a 3% margin of error.
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At this time it's still unclear if this error will prevent prosecutors from refiling charges against Long, but it does cast a large shadow over this already murky case.
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Over time, as driverless cars dramatically reduce human error (which is the No. 1 cause of accidents) and more people accept the concept of shared cars, the possible car designs will explode.
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The error affected under 1% of the US debt being paid at the time, but interest rates on short term bonds rose nearly 1% in a short period because of that error.
The 90-second time length was decided upon based on trial and error, and itself says something about the candidate.
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