But at least one source who has seen the building's books says the buyers will be buying a small amount of negative cash flow while making a long-term bet on the building's eventual profitability as the most prominent and expensive asset in midtown Manhattan.

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As the amount of information grows exponentially and the clockspeed of business gets faster, providing a streamlined flow of real-time data analysis and decision making in key processes will be the foundation for better performance and competitive advantage.

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This will require improvements in the capacity, knowledge, communication and networking available to enhance the flow and quality of information available for informed decision-making on the status of coastal resources, and their effective management in light of climate change impacts.

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This latest advertising deal will be an important plank in Twitter's efforts to prove it has a commercial future as a profit-making company, with a reliable flow of revenue from marketing activities linked to the information it has about its users, their interest and their habits.

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Some joked about whether Treyarch was making Anonymous, the real-life hacker group dedicated to promoting free flow of information, the game's main villain.

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Indeed, research has shown that it is entirely natural for decision-making groups, whatever their motivations and guidelines, to tend to suppress information flow, have extreme attitudes, make extreme judgments, be inflexible in adapting their approach to changing circumstances, and--despite all that--have great confidence in their decisions.

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