The problem is that the government does not use a present value method.

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They have developed a method of extracting greater value from assets than others have been able to.

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One answer would be to look at its market value per user, a method often used by venture capitalists and stock pickers.

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Like all of the gurus I follow, he included a key value-based component in his method.

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Participants were then presented with a variety of products and asked to assess their monetary value using several methods (to ensure that no single method produced a particular result), such as bidding in an online auction.

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They are reminders that a new method of journalism creates work of enduring value.

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There is no surefire method for calculating a currency's fundamental value.

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With greater formalism, you can set a plan to drive tactical value with the execution of the social business method.

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At colleges using the Profile aid method, the value of the account is treated as a student asset and is assessed heavily (at 25% a year).

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