In the business world, Fast Data means faster business decisions and faster business actions.
Instead we all have to walk the talk: exert our own real pressures, through purchasing and investment decisions, business actions and political engagement.
Once collected, users or businesses are mining the data for meaningful patterns that can be used to drive business decisions or actions.
The firm said it lost business due to the actions of the Gilliams and their monexfraud.com Web site.
The entrepreneurial, highly profitable business of filing class actions has its own reasons to stay close to government regulators.
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To me, acknowledgment of shareholder interests would insist on carefully chosen actions recognizing business success as intricately intertwined with natural and social systems.
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That being said, the law has changed little with regard to the fiduciary duties that govern the actions and business decisions of corporate executives and financial advisors.
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Management and investors lost, and so did society, say Mark Frigo and Joel Litman in their book, Driven: Business Strategy, Human Actions, and the Creation of Wealth.
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These actions drove business owners and the wealthy underground.
"This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharm industry and the business community that certain actions now should be taken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace, " Chan said.
But his actions point to business-as-usual after the election.
For my purposes today, I want to construe "financial infrastructure" very broadly, to include not only the "hardware" components of that infrastructure--the physical systems on which market participants rely for the quick and accurate execution, clearing, and settlement of transactions--but also the associated "software, " including the statutory, regulatory, and contractual frameworks and the business practices that govern the actions and obligations of market participants on both sides of each transaction.
As with the term resource, HR and corporate strategy also treat behavior in a neutral sense, denoting a measureable set of actions that can enable business outcomes, not something that is to be manipulated through fear or chicanery.
Steve Jobs departure from Apple and the Korean firms confidence in its smartphone and tablet business could signal some more aggressive actions in the near future as Samsung looks to fend off recent Apple and lawsuits and make its mark in the mobile computing market. (See Samsung Eyes Opportunity as Steve Jobs Resigns).
One could argue that the actions of any single small business may not have a big effect on the country or the economy, but how small-business owners or managers make decisions about employees can and will affect a great many lives.
To provide useful, real-time information to investors, large and small, about business deals, economic indicators and government policy actions.
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Corning said the combined actions at both its wholly owned business and SCP will cut its total worldwide capacity by about 25%.
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Diplomats from other nations told journalists privately that the billionaire Italian prime minister was doing so to prevent actions against himself over his murky business dealings and he was forced to climb down.
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"All these actions of the Uzbek government in general and the numerous investigations of our company over the last two months, the arrest of our personnel and the absurd accusations from different branches of government - we consider all these actions as exerting pressure on our business in Uzbekistan, " Ms Kuzmenko said.
But their actions could set up a showdown among business groups and hit consumers hard.
Actions like those interfere with the natural business process in the name of saving American jobs.
Social tools for business can be configured to automatically post updates when actions occur, such as closing a deal.
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"The company will continue to monitor the situation and will take any actions that are necessary to protect the business going forward, " said the spokesperson.
Executives take pride in rigorously evaluating wide varieties of potential influences on their businesses, from customer moves to supplier changes, shifts in energy prices, competitive actions and a whole host of other business drivers.
It includes a calculator for determining how much revenue, value per click, and return on investment marketers get from various kinds of mobile ad actions, such as clicks to call a business or even in-store visits.
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The company also embarked on a programme to overhaul its underperforming UK bus division last year and said it was confident that the actions it was taking would "strengthen our business and its prospects for long term growth".
The energy consumption data also could help home and business owners take stock of their energy use and take actions to save money, such as putting in more energy efficient light bulbs and appliances or running washers and dryers only when electric rates are low.
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The stakes are huge for corporations, which theoretically could be held liable for any actions of the government in nations where they do business, pay taxes, and rely on local forces to protect their assets.
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Taking some time thinking about your business, and working with your advisors to convert thoughts in to actions can yield big results.
The agency filed 5, 922 disciplinary actions, barred 1, 766 investment professionals from the business, suspended 1, 752 others, expelled 84 member firms and suspended 11 more.
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