Even if they are well managed, many long-term remedies will mean short-term pain.
The second is that a short-term contract does not mean short-term profits.
But it is the logical next move and I would expect campaigners will want to know what his personal views mean in term of government policy.
Long-term mean reversion is a powerful tool that investors can use to help them attain their long-term goals.
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According to Penang Netpreneur Chan Hong Saik, who runs B2B Internet solutions group Ebx.com, numbers like that mean that the term "e-commerce" will soon be redundant.
If he were to go to trial, Mulqueen, 50, would face up to 15 years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines would likely mean a shorter term.
In fact, in today's fragile markets, almost any financial institution is systemically significant -- if what we mean by the term is that its collapse will stimulate fear about the stability of others.
Indeed, executives at Unilever reckon that absorbing the cost themselves might mean short-term discomfort, but long-term gain in winning consumers round to the idea that the new crops are, actually, a good buy.
But it seems Apple might have to foot a part of the subsidy bill and take a hit on margins for such a contract to happen. (see Apple Faces China Mobile-Sized Stumbling Block Limiting China Upside Potential) Penetrating China could mean long-term margin pressures as well as the company seeks to compete against the rapidly growing Android market, mitigated to an extent by the carrier subsidies.
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Longer-term yields mean that investors have to be patient and somewhat resilient when choosing them.
And if IBM's financial services do begin to sputter, the fallout won't mean much near-term loss.
Damage to buildings and the presence of asbestos mean its long-term future is still unclear.
But to use the term to mean in effect a unitary state is to abandon reality.
Inflation will also mean higher long-term interest rates, which will hurt housing in particular and the economy in general.
Individuals might have a shorter concept of long term, while institutions may perceive long term to mean a time far out in the future.
Term limits mean that Mr Ahmadinejad must step down in 2013.
The edges lie elsewhere, and based upon what the statistics show over and over again, it's in a reversion to the mean in short-term stock prices.
There is also evidence that market valuations revert to the mean over the long term, so pointing out when markets look historically cheap or dear can help.
But what does it mean in the long term?
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Anything based on a discipline (value, growth) or a sector (tech, financial) or a cap size (large, small) is going to underperform its benchmark over the long-term, mean revert versus its peers and cost you more than you need to spend in internal expenses.
That is not without consequence, as it will mean slower growth in the short term (less than one year), but cutting deficits year after year, even gradually, will mean a very slow-growth, muddle through economy for a sustained period.
And without a doubt, it will also mean real, short-term investments in new security approaches on the part of companies.
By that term, they mean not simply Shariah law, which is the way it is often discussed, particularly by non-Muslims.
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He said a new fixed term parliament would mean serving until 2020.
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The company said in the short term this would mean that a number of new sites which have either been given planning permission or are currently awaiting a decision, will be not commenced immediately.
In many places, natural variations in pH will be larger than long-term changes in its mean.
It is not clear whether his appointment will mean the entire family stays long term.
When most organizations talk about execution, they really mean operational execution that impacts near term results.
That should mean Britain's long-term interest rates are even lower, now, than they might otherwise have been.
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