We are looking for affirmative solutions that will strengthen our nation by freeing us from our dependence on foreign oil, and spurring a wave of entrepreneurial growth in the form of alternate energy programs.

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Petter Osmundsen, a petroleum economist who teaches at Stavanger University in Norway, suggests another: excessive focus on short-term measures of financial performance, which discouraged firms from making long-term bets on growth and encouraged them to dish out their profits to shareholders instead in the form of increased dividends and share buybacks.

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Growth for Smosh will come in the form of more channels, higher CPM payments and opportunities on connected TVs.

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