The 44-page work is a no-nonsense member of the well-known Dummies series that purports to educate the nation's public pension officials on the ABCs of sound financial management--a task that the author himself concedes is a chilling reflection of the state of public pension fund management.

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It is the unenviable task of the Debt Management Office, the agency that manages the nation's debt, to sound out investors and report back to the chancellor on whether what the FT has christened Osborne Bonds will fly.

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The management task of handling such sprawling empires at times seems superhuman.

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The task of economic management, as he came to see it, was to bring forward the day when enjoyment of life could replace saving up for enjoyment.

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Boards will have the unenviable task of balancing management's inflated expectations with what investors think is fair.

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Navigating between screens is snappy and smooth, with stimulating animations that give the mundane task of content management a smidge of satisfying flair.

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Then and only then will the adviser and investor be able to engage in the primary task of wealth management: to manage risk.

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We have 55 -- the Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service has 55 inspectors on the ground, in the Gulf, dedicated to this task.

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