Many bosses might not recognize a gap exists between what they're doing and what their employees perceive.

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He said the bids would be reviewed but that it was "fair to say that, as expected, a gap exists between the total spending projections of government and the reality of what is available".

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China and India are coming up fast as tech powers though a big gap still exists between these emerging markets and developed nations.

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But they also know there exists a minority gap in the technology sector that must be addressed.

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But a small portion of the gap exists for unclear reasons, he said.

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There is, though, a bigger problem that exists regardless of the gap between rich and poor, but is made starker as a result of it: pure, sheer poverty.

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Everywhere one looks, there are product, technology and service gaps to be filled, each of which represents a new business opportunity for someone with the ability to recognize that the gap exists and the vision to develop and implement a strategy for filling it.

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We now make up 46% of the workforce and over 50% of college graduates, yet when we look at the number of women pursuing high-growth startups, there still exists a very apparent gap in numbers.

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In sum, a fiscal gap without even the excuse that it exists for virtuous reasons.

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While the gap might vary a bit at different levels on the corporate ladder, it still exists.

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