Xstrata's skill has been in buying lower-quality mines and running them more efficiently.
Management has consistently exhibited great skill in raising capital when investment opportunities are abundant and has demonstrated a consistent ability in investing capital at superior risk-adjusted rates of return.
The researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen found that the rise in dissatisfaction was particularly strong among older workers aged over 50, though the decline in job satisfaction has happened at all skill levels and in companies of all different sizes.
Mitt Romney has already demonstrated some skill in defending himself and capitalism.
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His initial task in his new role will be to lead the integration of Newswires and the Journal, a mission he has already accomplished with skill and dispatch in Asia.
Bradley, who retired in December 1999 after 17 years as a National Hunt jockey, says he has been prevented from earning a living in the only field in which he has any experience or skill.
It has had some success in getting people into low-skill, minimum-wage jobs, but has a long way to go before it makes a mark on the region.
More than any Labor leader before him, this one has recognised the Howard government's skill in appealing to those who live in the suburbs and worry more about how to bring up their children than about grand political gestures.
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Google has been able to dominate search marketing thanks to its skill in delivering relevant ads to specific audiences in real time.
Besides making sound investment decisions, Folz has been an effective manager of people, a particularly important skill in countries with restrictive labor laws.
Driving brand equity with an online publishing operation borrows from traditional marketing and media disciplines, but in practice has already become a highly specialized and evolving skill.
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But with greater concern for player safety, and with rules that protect the skill players and in particular the quarterbacks, the NFL has become a more dynamic visual spectacle as a passing league.
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This is precisely the skill set that has led to some of our most dynamic innovations in consumer technology, Internet capabilities, space exploration, medical technology, green technology and bioengineering, to name just a few.
At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
She has represented the United States and our interests in the United Nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace.
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The Center applauds his courage and skill in bringing this result about, moreover, in a manner that has effectively dissipated opposition from congressional, allied and Russian quarters.
In fact, the minimum reading skill level required of new factory workers has risen from the 10th grade reading level to the equivalent of two years of college or more.
In croquet you watch one person demonstrate his skill, and then the other person has his turn.
The United States has the most highly trained military in the world, comprised of men and women who have broad skill sets because of their military education and experience.
Over the last few months, one skill has been brought up with increasing frequency: a facility with the language of business, and, in particular, finance.
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The difference between men and women in the workforce has nothing to do with biological destiny and everything to do with education, skill and training.
"Public Health Wales has undertaken a needs assessment to inform the development of services and to identify any gaps in the current skill mix of staff, " added the spokesman.
"She clearly has great dramatic skill, creating some lovely moments of tension and some highly memorable characters... but in many ways these talents are wasted as the tale disappears into mayhem, " it said.
It takes students with the lowest skill levels five years to seven years to become proficient in English, research by Cook and Linquanti has shown.
These skill sets are evident as, in the four years of her tenure as Chief Operating Officer, Facebook has grown over sevenfold.
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More than half of firms in the oil and gas sector warn that skill shortages are their number one challenge, a survey has found.
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