My strength was knowledge of the markets and investing acumen, not business development.
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We are prepared for tough times with good risk management and profound knowledge of the markets where we operate.
"Combining L'Oreal's expertise and knowledge of international markets with The Body Shop's distinct culture and values will benefit both companies, " he added.
The mathematics is just fine: the knowledge of the financial markets, well, not so much.
In large part it was because in the balance of power, hustlers lost their main weapon: specialized and indispensable knowledge of murky emerging markets.
There have also been studies from organisations such as the TUC and the Robin Hood Campaign, but we have restricted ourselves to details from those bodies with at least a working knowledge of economics and financial markets.
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His knowledge of Italian politics, public finances and financial markets may make him willing to play games of brinkmanship, says Marco Annunziata, the chief economist at GE.
Inside knowledge of the ins-and-outs of emerging markets is hard to come by.
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When great wealth is generated instead by making smart buy and sell decisions in the markets, it smacks of inside knowledge, arcane financial instruments, opportunities that aren't accessible to ordinary people, and hocus-pocus.
When I visited last December as the chief representative of the Ford Foundation to review a biodiversity project, the men complained about the lack of access to credits, markets and knowledge to improve their farming.
They can borrow the materials, manufacturing tools, knowledge, people, and markets to expand the utility of silicon chips.
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When research uncovers a source of competitive advantage, well functioning markets generally reflect the new-found knowledge.
With a wide-ranging knowledge base, she created a new way of investing by capitalizing on dislocations across the global capital markets and identifying areas of investment where capital is most needed and valued.
Markets do this organically much better since they reflect the democratized actions and knowledge and tastes of all of us.
In primitive street markets, plenty of price discrimination goes on, through a mix of haggling and local knowledge.
But in the advanced economies, where internal markets are big enough to be fairly competitive, barriers to flows of trade, capital and knowledge have long been lower, and technology is at its cutting edge, there is less to be gained.
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