It is deception not force of numbers that wins the battle of Red Cliff.
Ironically, at the core of competitive strategy is deception, and Groupon holding out baits to entice the competition to promote the category while killing off the smaller players that are flanking it.
And, as commonplace as deception is, deception detection remains an inexact science.
One of those truths is that deception is an integral part of the functioning of any market where prices lead to profit or loss.
Certainly true, but I believe that an even greater problem is the self deception that is indicated by their use of financial models of any kind.
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The topic of placebo has been a hot one since there is often an impression that deception is involved (and, funnily, placebos probably work better when there is).
And if it is a deception case, the remedies are to stop saying the deceptive things, he said.
Stacked side by side, it doesn't initially appear that way, thus is the deception made possible by the TL's scooped back.
The Analysts belief that Apple is going to expand it sales by 20% a year for the next 5 years at current pricing is a deception.
The problem with trying to win a deception case, Manne responded, is that the deception has to revolve around material statements that are misleading.
The key is identifying markets where the deception mechanism is broken.
The truth obscured by this calculated deception is the multiple taxation of capital in our tax system.
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He points out that one of the key ways to detect deception is the ability to observe.
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Another form of masterful Obama Calculated Deception is the out of context stat.
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Self-deception is a facet of ourselves we should always be guarding against.
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The joining of malicious financial and identity fraud malware, Anonymous hacktivism objectives, and Anonymous supporter deception is a dangerous development for the online world.
The full extent of the company's alleged deception is unclear.
This is a great deception that many female MBA's in recent years have even balked at, choosing to leave their career wholesale and stay at home and raise children.
The government seems to realise the difficulties: Ed Balls, the children's secretary, poured cold water on the idea of criminal prosecutions for parents, although the possibility of kicking children out if deception is uncovered was left open.
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But this is a more pointed deception than the stock fantasy offered by beer ads.
The audience is so close, the deception has to be immaculate.
In other words, Dido is playing a sneaky game of deception with her listeners.
But the all time whopper of calculated deception that Obama tells is the fable of the Great Hustler Warren Buffett.
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To anyone familiar with Saddam's tactics of deception and evasion, there is a weary sense of deja vu.
"What David Kay did say to me and to others is that this is a program that was built for deception over many, many years, " Rice said.
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"I think one of the most obvious ways it plays out is what you've seen -- is being courageous enough to deal with deception and corruption, " McGraw says.
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It goes by many names, but one of the latest cyberscams involves a clever deception: Someone you know is in dire straits and is in need of money now!
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Although nearly 50 percent of the grocery stores visited in Boston sold mislabeled fish, the cod-loving city was tied with Seattle where salmon is king, as having the lowest deception rates.
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This shows Midas on his throne, receiving the counsels of Ignorance and Suspicion, with a hooded Envy clasping the hand of Calumny, who in turn, with Deception and Fraud attending, is dragging the unidentified victim by the hair, while Penitence turns hopefully towards stark-naked Truth.
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