We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons.

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We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business.

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More so, per my own interest, some use collaborative models that are significantly or entirely decentralized yet effective in decision-making and operational delivery.

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Deep Thunder couples high-resolution weather forecasts with business processes to enhance operational planning and facilitate efficient and effective decision making processes.

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Last year, Mr. Choudhury, the company's chairman, said fear of probes into alleged wrongdoing was slowing decision-making at NTPC over operational issues, including whether to buy overseas coal blocks to reduce supply deficits.

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