Of course, family offices (which typically have greater assets) would realize greater potential savings and performance gains.
The once lauded (at least in our hearts) savior of all things computing has, in real life, provided us with lackluster and even controversial performance gains, while battery improvements haven't been revolutionary and the prices still aren't exactly wallet-friendly.
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After each innovation and burst of performance improvement, gains level off, return-on-effort diminishes and results plateau out.
The spokesman said Mr. Schultz's pay is tied to company performance and that his gains reflected a more than threefold increase in Starbucks's share price since he returned as CEO in 2008.
The UK stock market had risen by 47% from the beginning of that year to mid-July, and this strong performance had followed gains in each of the previous five years.
The watchdog said desired gains in productivity and performance connected to the pay rise had either been fully or partly achieved.
The stock's performance was too choppy, and its gains aren't so impressive after such a high peak.
While plasma displays also saw great gains, performance improvements, and price drops this year, LCD effectively fought the war on two fronts, driving down prices in small televisions while getting more competitive with plasma at 42-inch and larger sizes.
Students in cities such as Chicago, Atlanta and Houston posted double-digit gains on several exams since 2002, helping close the chasm between their performance and that of districts nationwide.
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Also, they are--unlike gains and losses--one aspect of your performance that is somewhat predictable and therefore subject to your control.
Mr Romney made gains nationally and in swing states after an assured performance during his first debate against a listless Mr Obama two weeks ago in Denver, Colorado.
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Prosecutors say he lied about the performance of the fund almost from the beginning, overstating gains and understating losses, even saying there were gains where there had been losses.
Other than Avon (AVP), the premier cosmetic stocks have amazing performance returns for the past six months and that should continue as the recovery gains traction.
This performance was driven mainly by wallboard pricing gains, higher volumes in all lines of business and lower recycled fiber input costs.
Today, the nine states that do not tax personal income have shown undeniable gains in population growth, gross state product expansion, and non-farm payroll employment performance.
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Game-changing innovation thus lies outside the performance envelope of firms built on hierarchical bureaucracy where the top is focused on short-term gains and the stock price.
Although swimmers and sprinters face no resistance beyond water and air, peak-performance feats in other sports must face strong defenses, which only improve as each sport gains sophistication.
So if an organization decided to buy even more disk space to try and increase their performance, they actually end up over-purchasing and under-utilizing all of their storage capacity for miniscule gains.
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