The debut of iPhone 5 and the fast fade of Blackberry devices may well throw some curve balls at corporate mobile managers in coming quarters.

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But Singh says that observing Welch s toughness with GE s managers in close quarters provided a model for running DLF: Think big and be a sector leader.

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Notable managers that lost on Apple tended to buy in more recent quarters.

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Looking ahead, managers say capital continues to pour into the market from all quarters as investors look for floating-rate, wide-margin opportunities.

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Our Global Macro Survey indicates that 70% of emerging market portfolio managers expect this to occur, albeit at a reduced pace than in previous quarters.

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Many shares are owned by professional fund managers, who are themselves judged by clients on their performance over the most recent quarters.

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Despite reporting its first net loss for seven quarters, LG Electronics says it has no plans to reduce pay, reshuffle managers or cut jobs.

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Beyond the at-risk names reviewed above, managers say the broad population of leveraged loan issuers is in good shape after 10 successive quarters of muscular cash-flow growth since the recession ended in June 2009.

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