Notwithstanding my preference for financial measures, relative TSR can be a reasonable default measure.

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Instead, it will assess the financial situation of each candidate and give preference to students from poorer backgrounds.

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If past experience is a guide, a sustainable rally will ultimately be accompanied by a renewed preference for growth versus dividends and less aversion to financial leverage.

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When the researchers controlled for connections between socio-economic status and beverage preference, they found that wine-drinkers with the same financial resources and social standing as beer-drinkers or teetotallers simply lead more sensible and healthier lives.

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Instead of repairing old infrastructure, the preference has been for launching huge new projects named after the king: a giant financial centre on the outskirts of Riyadh, industrial cities, a university, and so on.

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