Many other firms headquartered in Tokyo, like Sony, Hitachi and Honda Motors, have long ago spread their operations to the far reaches of the Japanese archipelago, Southeast Asia, China and beyond.
Before long, word spread from the loading dock to the purchasing department that something extraordinary and unconventional had occurred.
This was due primarily to the narrowing spread between long-term 30 year Treasury Bonds and 30-year TIPS. The average spread has decreased from 2.8 percent during 2010 down to 2.5 percent in 2011.
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In fact the spread of junk over treasuries is now close to 4.9 percentage points, far less than the long-term average spread of 6 points.
But Maggie Gallagher, an advocate who writes extensively against gay marriage, said the strategies could have a chilling effect on the democratic process and surely will spread as long as organizers are effective in intimidating voters.
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Each year, I analyze the primary drivers of asset class long-term returns including risk as measured by implied volatility, expected earnings growth based on GDP estimates and foreign business expansion, market implied inflation based on the spread between long-term Treasury Bonds and TIPS, and current cash payouts from interest and dividends on bond and stock indexes.
The market is pegging 30-year inflation at a slightly higher 2.0 percent rate, which is the spread between long-term 30-year Treasury nominal bonds and 30-year TIPS. Federal Reserve policy to increase the money supply has not led to inflation during this recovery because the demand for money has been lower than in other recoveries when inflation did occur.
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But Ms Gillard said it was "good", as long as you remembered to spread it thinly.
President Ronald Reagan did it in 1981, leading to a 25-year, generation long, economic boom that spread worldwide.
As long as the money gets spread around, there is probably no harm in this group giving or pressure from wealthy peers.
Once Greece goes, most analyses of the exit process say it will be painful but containable, as long as it does not spread.
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Puzzling over this odd result, he speculated that the smaller injections must be missing rare stem cells and that therefore these cells must be required for the long-term survival and spread of a tumor.
Implied yields on 90-day bill prices slipped by three basis points along the curve and the lower yield environment spread to the long end where benchmark 10-year yields dropped by three basis points to 5.45%.
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The combination of long stock and debit put spread positions the trader to make money on the upside if shares in Cree continue to rally, while also providing downside protection in the event of a pullback through February expiration.
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Melanoma, because of its tendency to spread if left too long, may require extra treatment such as chemotherapy.
It would encourage banks to lend, since the playing the spread between short and long money would be less profitable.
The spread between short and long rates is effectively the gross operating profit margin banks can make on their next loans.
Alternatively, the trader may be cautiously optimistic on the pharmaceuticals giant, establishing the put spread to hedge a long position in the underlying shares.
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Dr Lieu supposed that light, travelling over very long distances, would have to spread out a bit if there was any uncertainty in time.
Several workers came over and spread the macadam with long rakes until a thick glistening coating covered the wooden planks and they were no longer visible.
The investor behind the transaction may be implementing the spread to hedge a long position in ADS shares, or may be establishing an outright bearish stance on the stock.
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Our species benefited from our ability to make good decisions based on what we know is likely to happen in the future, thus, keeping us alive long enough to make babies and spread our genes.
But they call for special attention due to the implications of spread of radioactivity with long term consequences including genetic effects on the population and the long time span required to bring back normalcy to the environment.
"The greatest concern was the vulnerability of some of the young people held and the difficulty of holding them safely in a large establishment with a wide spread of population a long way from home, " Mr Hardwick added.
The put player may be establishing the spread to hedge a long position in the underlying and protect recent share price gains, or could be outright bearish on the European bank in the expectation that the rally is not here to stay.
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And there are ways to spread that out over a long period of time.
But the spread between short-and long-term interest rates has narrowed sharply.
In this week's test, examiners set ablaze five boxes containing about 250 oxygen canisters swathed in bubble wrapper to determine how long it would take the fire to spread.
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