Also, it is not at all clear that they (i) are maintaining their market share in many lines of business, or (ii) are not damaging their ability to serve customers and generate revenue by cutting so much staff in Project New BAC.
However, as India and China continue to emerge, the abundance of engineering talent will mean that great companies will be defined not by their ability to develop a faster widget, but by their ability to innovate.
Bacteria are not known for their ability to stir the imagination, but there is at least one reliable exception: bacteria from Mars.
And banks matter, not least because their ability to transform savings into lending fuels economic activity, even in these increasingly securitised days.
Hirsch, whose Sweet Home New Orleans focuses on helping musicians and members of New Orleans' famous Mardi Gras krewes, said there's value in celebrity support, not just in their ability to raise or donate funds, but to spread the word and keep the story of New Orleans alive.
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While I agree with the dogs behaviour at meal time, this does not go to their negotiating ability.
Not only because of their ability to generate greater revenues, but also because of their ability to attract student-athletes and coaching personnel.
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"In short, the budget should go further to ensure that children's achievement at school should reflect their ability not their background, " she said.
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It's true that many of today's investors are planning to be landlords collecting regular rent, not speculators betting on their ability to execute a quick flip.
The publishing industry is changing and authors are becoming empowered, not just because of their ability to self-publish, but also because of the free flow of information and easier networking, Penn said.
But as information technology and business strategy became increasingly intertwined, they also felt they had a huge advantage over traditional management consultancies: their ability not only to formulate strategy in the light of the latest information technology, but also to install and manage the latest machines.
They may not know it, but their ability to master basic skills may determine the shape of education in New Orleans.
The RSPCA warns owners that animals are not accessories and says that clothing should not restrict movement or affect their ability to relieve themselves.
Yet in a new IBM report there are disconcerting signs that marketing professionals are not feeling very confident in their ability to navigate this brave new world.
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To be fair, we also learned what percent of Twitter users tweeted about TV last January, April and June, three months chosen for their ability to not be equidistant from each other.
Hardware sellers will get paid not for their silicon but for their ability to hide complexity from the customer.
Spurs' mediocre league form might be a mystery but Martin Jol's side clearly have not lost the ability to raise their game for a Cup tie in the great traditions of the club.
The challenge for Sales is that traditional methodologies and tools are not only failing but are actually damaging their ability to compete.
London Mayor Boris Johnson told CNN's Becky Anderson that while the city's authorities are not complacent, he is confident in their ability to keep visitors safe.
It says any requirement to offer independent counselling would be in addition to what is already provided by GPs and clinics, not instead of it, and the government does not propose to strip abortion charities of their ability to provide advice.
Not only that but the team has taken their ability to work with brands to a new level.
They believed this was due to skill, not luck, making them too sanguine about their ability to ride out the crisis.
They are particularly tricky, not least because governments are reluctant to compromise their ability to pursue other aims as well as free trade.
Then again, the ability to not miss out on their favorite sports can keep staff feeling content and less inclined to make that fake sick call.
They are also saying that price discrimination, whether to take advantage of differences in patients' risks or differences in their ability to pay, is not such a bad thing.
Companies like Global Links have claimed that the high degree of trade settlement failures have caused irreparable damage not only to their stocks but also to their ability to carry on as companies.
One reason why scans may not always benefit overall health, despite their impressive ability to peer inside the body, is that they can find abnormalities that would never have killed you, leading to unnecessary worry and treatment.
But importantly, the reason we like technology is not only the strength of these companies and their ability to invest and grow their businesses globally, but also because technology spends from the rest of corporate, in varying sectors technology investment has been really below trend since before the year 2000, when companies were forced to spend a lot of money to get over the Y2K issue.
Although Medicare administrators are not permitted to make coverage decisions based on economic considerations, the new law does preserve their longstanding ability to deny payment for a drug if persuasive evidence suggests that it is not clinically effective for a particular condition.
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