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Many people start their own businesses as an alternative to working for someone else and nothing more, with no desire for employees, infrastructure, or the headaches and risk of an actual business.
FORBES: You don't need a better mousetrap, or three steps to start a successful business
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The banks, facing serious financial problems of their own, had no great desire to pour more money into a liquor group whose total debts, estimated at 4 trillion won, amount to 29 times its equity.
ECONOMIST: South Korean banks
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In contemplating the months ahead, I continue to predict a 15-20% correction in the U.S. equity market by the end of the summer and recommend no more than 15% exposure to equities, with no desire to buy and hold.
FORBES: Unraveling the Economic Recovery That Wasn't and How to Invest Through the Declines Ahead
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As a Mets fan can (and will) tell you, there's nothing more agonizing than playing disgruntled no-hopers in late September who have nothing more going for them than their desire to knock your team out of the playoffs.
WSJ: How to Enjoy Lousy Baseball
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"There is no evidence that greed or a desire for a more luxurious lifestyle played any role in the conduct at issue, " the lawyers wrote of a man who was born in Minneapolis and raised in Wilton, Conn.
WSJ: Feds seek prison for Conn. ex-hedge fund manager
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The minimalist campaign goals of Bush the father presaged a minimalist presidency--one guided more by a patrician instinct to "do no harm" than a burning desire to accomplish anything in particular.
CNN: latimes.com: Bush the son uses policy campaign to distance himself from the father
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In Miami, where Mr. Murray is scheduled to play his first match of the Sony Ericsson Open Friday morning, the world No. 4 is still very much a man chasing starlight: Despite being stronger, faster, smarter, more versatile and more dedicated than ever, he seems to get no closer to the object of his desire.
WSJ: Andy Murray Tries to Crack Tennis's Inner Circle
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But Education Secretary Michael Gove has made no secret of his desire for a much-reduced national curriculum and his preference for a return to more traditional subjects such as history.
BBC: Teachers fear for future of citizenship lessons
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But if the same banker who eagerly helps a manufacturer issue bonds takes little interest in that client's desire for an equipment loan, having both activities under a single corporate roof will be no more lucrative than having them in separate companies.
ECONOMIST: The trials of megabanks