This concept, which is often practiced today, is not well-vetted for many estate planning practitioners.

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Many practitioners have noted the tendency for markets to underreact to news in the short term, and to overreact in the long term.

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Many firms and practitioners fancy themselves as a single source for all things financial about your life: investments, lending, insurance, estate planning and more.

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Hong Kong's tailoring industry has been declining for years, shipped over the border and with many of its best practitioners left behind by the digital age.

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In many ways, the biggest obstacle to leveraging Big Data in the search for talent may be HR practitioners themselves.

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Skeptics say doctors should be able to care for many more patients in the future with more efficient group practices, greater reliance on physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and "telemedicine" done via the phone and online.

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