Contracts must be managed over their entire lifecycle from their inception to anticipated termination or renewal.

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Classical charting does not seek to call bottoms or tops, but to confirm a reversal or renewal trend.

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And some of the supposed "costs", such as new bank software or renewal of cash machinery, would probably have to be incurred anyway as part of routine maintenance or upgrading.

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This summer, many tour operators wondered if people-to-people travel was ending altogether, after the Treasury Department started denying licenses to operators or simply not responding to renewal requests.

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Will you be a spectator in the renewal of your country, or a citizen?

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It is a moment of social exchange and communication, an affirmation and renewal of family, group or community identity.

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The time has come to change the way we see culture, to see it not just as fragile heritage or lavish recreation, but as a force for renewal and progress, an economic sector and a facilitator of development policies.

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Never bluff or strong arm a landlord in a negotiation as this could backfire and create tension, or worse, leave you homeless if you are negotiating a renewal.

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Mr. Montebourg's full title is "Minister of Industrial Renewal, " but hardly a month seems to pass without another story about a plant shutting down, or Mr. Montebourg threatening a CEO for threatening to shut down a plant, or begging a CEO (sometimes the same one) to stay in France.

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