He points out that family businesses are characterized by efforts on the part of ownership to balance financial performance with maintenance of family control and benefits for future generations.

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So, like any kludged system, the maintenance of the exceptions degrades the performance of the whole, crazy, Rube Goldberg machine.

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The airline itself is able to run more efficiently from the ability to monitor engine performance and proactively perform maintenance at times when the plane is not scheduled to carry passengers and cause delays.

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The reality is that a Rolls Royce is a gas guzzling, outrageously high maintenance automobile, engineered with luxury, not performance in mind.

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Drivers can get improved data on vehicle performance, reducing unwanted service trips through predictive maintenance.

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This will deliver a driving range similar to the Nissan LEAF on a single charge and similar performance, together with best in class running and maintenance costs.

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It hurts performance, locks people out of their own single-player game during maintenance, and serves no purpose that benefits consumers whatsoever.

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The new forecast takes into consideration the stronger operating performance for the firm, and also includes fourth-quarter scheduled mill maintenance at its mine in Kittila, Finland, lowered operations at LaRonde in northwest Quebec and Creston Mascota in northern Mexico and the expectation of a lower grade cycle at Meadowbank.

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