Or is Yahoo so far gone, corporate culture-wise, that any attempt at reform, no matter how well designed and well intended, is bound to yield more friction than forward progress?

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Last week, the Fed released minutes for the mid-October FOMC minutes where they agreed to analyze the possibility of enhancing or replacing their current forward-guidance for zero-bound interest rates.

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Even Google Glass, which actually does appear to be a dramatic leap forward in the way we interact with computers, is bound to be a tough sell that could take years for the population to acclimate to.

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In the 64th minute, Marquez chipped a ball forward from midfield, Eric Abidal played the Manchester United-bound striker onside and with the French defence static and begging for offside, Hernandez was able to advance onwards, skip round Lloris and slot into the vacated goal.

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For Schoenberg, Brahms was a forerunner of modernism, whose commitment to structure provided a way forward from the dead-end to which Wagner's unfettered chromaticism was bound to lead.

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