That is the main reason why a fast rate of catch-up by the emerging markets would be better for the West than a faltering one.
At its January outset the Fed wasn't moving fast enough to catch up with the economic free fall, but the injection process, especially in coordination with the new Obama Treasury, should accelerate and gradually restart the credit markets.
Sanjay Chawla, telecom analyst at JPMorgan India, is confident that India will catch up fast.
Should they play nice with Steve Jobs or hope that Android tablets catch up fast and give them leverage to negotiate with Apple?
With its rough-around-the-edges aesthetic, however, he didn't expect it to catch on very fast and, in the early days of development, set a sales target of 10, 000 units within his lifetime.
After a round of layoffs in late 1995 Huang gathered the company's 35 remaining employees in a room and leveled with them: The company would have to find a way to catch up, fast.
Does anyone really think throwing money at this joint development (of two companies which both have a horrible history of working with partners) will create the products (hardware and software) fast enough to let either catch up with existing leaders?
The chip giant is rushing to catch up in the fast-growing mobile market.
It's a little bit after the fact, given that the legislative changes for the Royal Charter system they agreed between them have already been voted through, but events have moved so fast that the committee is playing catch-up.
Unlike their peers, Labradors lack the extravagance of a long coat or the grace of a fast gait, making it trickier to catch a judge's eye.
Whereas the Brotherhood has mellowed over years of long experience, the Salafists have scrambled to catch up with Egypt's fast-changing politics.
How about this: Dump the fast-forward and fast-rewind modes on DVD players, and put in a "Replay" button that backs up ten seconds and turns on the subtitles for 30 seconds to catch the dialog that was too fast or mumbled.
"Although banks have until 2019 to fully meet the capital requirements, they probably were trying to catch up with the new ratios too fast, " Mr. Arzeni added.
"We move so fast that it makes it difficult for our competitors to catch up, " says Lim.
He also said the law would help prevent repeats of the deadly bungles that occurred in Arizona along the border with Mexico during Operation Fast and Furious by giving border patrollers a solid legal framework to catch smugglers with.
But the world moves so fast that once you fall behind, it can be very difficult to catch up.
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But these cases also demonstrate that our capital markets eventually catch up with businesses that get through the IPO window with fast growth.
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What all of these giant companies are trying to do is foster a continued spirit of innovation and risk-taking in a fast-moving environment where any mistake can leave a business floundering to catch up.
And fast or the second-seeded Knicks will spend the rest of this series playing catch-up.
But Domenicali insists Ferrari can catch Red Bull this year -- as long as it makes a fast start when the lights go green at Albert Park.
Fast forward to my life today, and this same emotion occasionally creeps through when I catch myself evaluating an opportunity based on the potential downside rather than the potential benefit or reward.
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