This market background is proving to be difficult for the fund-management industry.

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Now, however, we have to worry about another pricing discrepancy: WTI is very cheap relative to similar grades of oil on the world market (for background, see this post).

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In this case, the stalled economic recovery got back on track, the euro-zone debt crisis faded into the background again, the stock market recovered from its summer correction, and although still expected, inflation had not shown up.

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Amazon with its background in retail which is also a price conscious market should be comfortable with the business model.

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It never ceases to amaze me how background conditions work out to continue the long history of the market making most of its gains each year in the winter months and when there is a correction of any degree it almost always takes place in the unfavorable season between May and November.

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Thatcher -- born in October 1925 in the small eastern England market town of Grantham -- came from a modest background, taking pride in being known as a grocer's daughter.

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Desautels performs background checks on all clients and sees his company as a healthy alternative to the black market, which is always hungry for new ways to steal corporate secrets and credit card data.

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