If micro-insurance can be made to work, the Internet will ensure that the idea is swiftly copied.
If a micro-cap stock is in your large cap pension fund, is that an appropriate investment for that fund?
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Mr McCurdy said there was no micro-biological risk in horsemeat contamination if cooking and hygiene are correct.
The new stimulus measures used by the US and other governments would only bring long-lasting effect if the pointed micro and macro enhancements were processed too.
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On the top of the device, you'll find a micro-USB port for charging and syncing and if you shimmy down its right side you'll be greeted by the power button and volume controls.
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This means that if you purchase a local micro-SIM card (the ones compatible with the new iPad) you can make and receive phone calls on Skype or other VoIP service for about two cents a minute, in contrast to the high cost of roaming voice calls based upon all of the U.S. carriers pricing plans.
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Mr Riordan replies that, if he gets the governorship, he will scorn micro-management.
But if a fund focused on small-cap or micro-cap stocks were to manage billions of dollars, given the lesser degree of liquidity for these smaller stocks, that would be problematic.
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Nor is Phoenix equipped to detect micro-organisms, though it will be able to sniff out organic molecules if these are around, and that will be a tantalising clue.
And if Sandy proves to be truly damaging, the impetus for micro-grids will be even stronger.
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But if the quickest route to public office is via a sophisticated micro-targeting operation, why bother marshaling support for initiatives that speak to us as a people and rise to the challenges we experience as a nation?
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If a leader has been effective in all the other steps there should be no reason to micro-manage their people.
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As if that wasn't enough, the whole thing also promises to be funded entirely by micro-payments from the public (which would also determine its final size), and be completely self-powered, with it relying on a combination of solar power and regenerative braking from the lifts in the towers.
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