Beyond removing needless cost, initiatives like this inevitably streamline the ecosystem, hopefully weeding out the low value middle men that populate the landscape today, and shining a light on what specific points of value each vendor is providing.
Or alternatively, when investors expect a crisis in the Middle East, the value of oil companies having large reserves in politically safe countries will likely increase (at least in the short run).
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So, automakers should imagine how to put themselves smack in the middle of all the value in the car market, rather than building cars on razor-thin margins while letting others reap most of the profits.
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As Washington prepares to revisit the subject of health-care reform, perhaps some fresh experience from Middle America would be of value.
The Kiip rewards are designed to have some value and occupy a middle ground between low-end supermarket coupons and high-end Gold Card-style programs.
Perhaps no other issue in the Middle East packs as much symbolic value as this one, and holds as much potential to be a catalyst for profound change.
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Should this ambition be realized or even the conditions created which encourage the Arabs once again to believe they can wage war to achieve it the United States would find its defense posture in the Middle East weakened and the security value of its alliances dangerously diminished.
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As they approached middle age, women also placed more value than men on spending time with family, community and friends.
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The more Ryan channels Ayn Rand's John Galt, the more people will value tax equity for the middle class and a sensible safety net for the unfortunate.
But the latest shift toward middle tier and smaller games has its own value.
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And, there is nothing that threatens the middle class more than a decline in the value of the dollar.
Businesses focused on markdowns and value attract the budget-conscious middle class.
In the four years since QE-1 was announced in the middle of the financial crisis, the gold value of the dollar has sunk more than 50 percent.
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University of Nairobi academic Herman Manyora told the BBC the debate was of little value as Kenyan had an insignificant middle-class that would have been influenced by the performance of some of the candidates.
Another reason is Chinese upper middle class use real estate as a store of value.
However, leaders of middle market firms should more diligently search for and value competitor acquisitions that will enable price increases.
Financial repression would chart a middle course through these outcomes, in which the real value of holdings in government bonds was steadily eroded by inflation.
Take another period characterized by extreme volatility and fear, when there was conflict in the Middle East, oil-related inflation shocks, declining value in the U.S. dollar, rising U.S. unemployment and a strong resolve from the Fed to act aggressively.
Whatever promotional value that might still be on the table will have a pretty short shelf life come the middle of November after the elections have passed.
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Although the figure was still down 1.8% from January 2001 by value - and 1.9% by volume - the falls were the smallest since the middle of last year.
Rising prices in higher-value properties, coupled with higher volumes in lower-priced ones, may be disguising stodginess in the middle of the market.
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Today's memorabilia-conscious era saw Roger Clemens change jerseys in the middle of a game in which he was going for his 300th win, creating more overall cash but diluting the value of each individual item.
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