McKinsey's Jayant Sinha believes the education system can be fixed in time to plug the gap.
There could be a provision that the mix of equities and fixed-income securities in each account would change over time: As one got older, the portion of funds invested in fixed-income instruments, such as bonds, would increase, thereby reducing stock market exposure.
The percentages fixed in Muhammad's time applied only to mining and agriculture (and, agonised one early caliph, were pomegranates exempt?).
He was in charge of fixed-income trading at Salomon at the time of a bond-trading scandal in 1991, in which traders under Meriwether made false bids in an effort to manipulate the market in two-year notes.
This was the 10th time in 11 months that fixed-income allocations have exceeded 20%.
The problems in Table 1 start with the simpler technological issues that can be fixed given enough time and technical progress.
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The timing of general elections is not fixed in the UK. We have taken the five-year time limit imposed on governments as the point at which to judge whether or not a pledge has been met.
But perhaps more germanely, the UK's economic malaise shows no signs of being fixed any time soon by the supposed experts in the Bank of England or Treasury, so there may be a case for looking elsewhere for wisdom - and it is no longer eccentric to argue that what went wrong in the financial system was as much ethical as technical.
For all the focus in the past few years on what went wrong in the financial crisis and what needs to be fixed, equal or more time should be devoted to creating worthy investment and risk-taking opportunities.
The thick blast doors on the entrance to the Inverurie complex were permanently fixed in an open position in 1992, a clear sign at the time of the relaxation in tensions between the East and West.
We can fix this broken system, as generations before us fixed the problems they faced in their time.
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In the current model, students have a fixed amount of time to learn new concepts.
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Despite the decrease, this is the fifth time in six months that allocations to fixed-income have been above 20%.
To find the energy hogs, you simply plug each appliance into the meter in turn, and then plug the meter into the wall socket and leave it switched on for a fixed time.
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On Wednesday it's more Lords amendments being considered by the Commons - this time on the Fixed Term parliaments Bill, which, again, was heavily amended in the Upper House.
This may be fixed by the time the phone is in production, but it's potentially an annoying issue.
Unfortunately, they've dinged the keyboard for the same crappy feel observed elsewhere, something we're all hoping gets fixed by the time it hits production in a couple months' time.
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This may have been especially costly in fixed-income underwriting, given the strength of bond markets at the time.
But neither of those problems applies to the more expensive versions of the interception technology, and could be fixed in his cheaper attack with more time, he says.
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In recent years, the government has relaxed regulations on part-time work, fixed-term contracts and temporary-work agencies.
On the negative side, revenue growth is decelerating at the same time Amazon is investing more than previously expected in fulfillment centers (fixed assets) and operating and customer service employees (variable costs).
Nonetheless, fixed-income allocations remained above 20% for the ninth time in 10 months.
Pick any aspect of employment-related immigration and one will find regulations that compel companies to expend time and money under the notion that the number of jobs in America is fixed, work can be performed in only one geographic location and nearly all individuals in a given field are the same.
In this recent Jordan re-appreciation, sports fans did what sports fans do, which was argue about where Jordan ranks among the all-time best, and in a lot of those conversations Michael Jordan was fixed at No. 1, ahead of legendary names like Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell and Magic and Larry.
We're not sure how Sprint can justify releasing it with this bug now so well-known, well-documented, and critical to the operation of the phone -- seriously, it cannot find you most of the time -- but we suppose it'll just get fixed at the same time as the remainder of the Galaxy S models in September.
Alternatively (or perhaps in addition), the structure may include a planning or consultation fee (either fixed or hourly) for time discussing your account or providing other advice.
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The Thatcher and Reagan administrations also abolished capital controls which had been put in place at a time of fixed exchange rates.
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Average fixed mortgage rates in the U.S. over the past week finished the year near all-time lows, with the 30-year home loan at 3.95%.
Operations people, such as the CTO for electronic equity order flow or the operations director for fixed income, equities or market data, will want to monitor systems in real-time.
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At this time the system of fixed currency rates established under the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 was in disarray.
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