While this one-on-one interaction is highly valued by brands, it also raises some concerns.

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Knowing how to clearly articulate your own ideas either verbally or in writing is one of the most important and under-valued skill sets.

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Once-valued assets that southern families passed from one generation to the next, these estates are now being sold like condos.

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It is one of several ways McCourt desperately attempts to keep the once-highly valued franchise.

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Then see how they apply that to the rest of the world - if they aren't looked after and valued, why should any one else be?

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If it can make the disposable part of the operation, the one-serving K-cups, ubiquitous and cheap, and available in a lot of valued brands, then it can charge high prices for those aspirational machines, the long-lasting complementary good.

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Since we know that the basic point, that Cypriot (or Spanish etc) households are richer than German ones must be wrong then, therefore, what it is really showing is how over-valued the Cypriot or Spanish euro is, or how undervalued the German one.

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One of my most valued agency partners has said no to me (accompanied by a well-articulated explanation) more often than yes.

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