The Business Activities Expectation index was 66.6 in March 2012.
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Though business cycles endured, the expectation was that recessions would be infrequent and mild.
To the reporter from Forbes, it was clear that the monies paid to consultants by managers were bribes or payments made with the expectation of receiving business in return.
Someone who knows the communications business well is IT consultant Brendan Major - he moved his life from London to the Glens with the expectation that he would be able to conduct business in Northern Ireland and England via the web but he says it hasn't worked out like that.
However, my expectation would be that the Nook business, if floated off separately, would soar in value and thus the two apart would be worth more than they are together.
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But manufacturing employment fell by more than expected (down 15, 000 compared with a 10, 000 expectation), while the auto business shed 8, 000 jobs (despite a strong month for General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, as Steve Schaefer reported).
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Sometimes the expectation of hassles is enough to divert business.
Terrible expectation setting, questionable senior management moves and business models that have not been protected like they needed to be, have put all three of these in the headlines for the wrong reasons and in relevance danger.
The most concrete proof of this great expectation lies on the waterfront of the Marina Bay business district, on the south of the island.
The expectation of buyers meeting with vendors as a daily course of business is over.
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Though the expectation of free return shipping can pose a challenge for small business owners who cannot manage returns as efficiently on their own, this should not discourage them from refining the returns handling process.
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Although Mr Mack says that the extra capital will allow his bank to take advantage of new business opportunities another interpretation could be that the bank is shoring itself in the expectation of further trouble.
It's taking advantage of the Alternative Business Structures (ABS) law, which was known as Tesco law, in the expectation that the supermarket chain would move into legal services as well as so much else.
The smartphone and tablet have created an expectation for a touch experience that will revolutionize the enterprise and its desk-bound business processes and their users.
But the overwhelming 80-14 vote masks the broad expectation that because of an unrelated fight over the Bush tax cuts, the small business bill is unlikely to pass the chamber.
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What this data reveals is that contrary to that expectation, this may well be turning out to be a very good thing for small business and its employees.
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