Now ask yourself, do you have the equivalent in place for your global marketing organization?

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But now ask yourself: do you know how much more valuable these customers are than others?

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Now ask yourself just how long tuition prices can escalate without provoking some new forms of competition.

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Now ask yourself another question: what would your HR department look like if all these things mentioned were a reality?

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Now, you may ask yourself, why not just go ahead and register it for clearance as a low-level medical device if the company thinks it can receive clearance?

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However, did you ask yourself why we are truly in this shape now?

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The destruction wrought by the Lehman bankruptcy is exhibit A. Ask yourself, too, whether euro-zone politicians would want any big bank to go under right now.

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