Boeing, which moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago 16 months ago to emphasise its diversification, is also forging ahead with ambitious plans to offer satellite-based air-traffic management services as soon as governments have the courage to adopt this technology.

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The allocation is further divided into sub-categories for more diversification, such as U.S. equities, international equities, Treasury bonds, corporate bonds, etc.

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The movement from diversification to focus has been has been gaining momentum for two decades, ever since the days when corporate raiders such as Henry Kravis and Carl Icahn began buying up and dismantling the conglomerates of the '60s and '70s.

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