For decades doctors and scientists obsessed over one key factor in heart attacks--high cholesterol--and devised drugs to treat it.
Oil rig operators and oilfield equipment companies are significantly impacted by the price of oil, a factor over which they have no control.
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Unscrupulous advisors prey on the elderly who, living off of a fixed income, are very sensitive to taxes as a meaningful factor over which they have no control.
But get over the ick factor: Aurora Algae has the potential to produce a wide range of food, pharma and fuel products from giant ponds of algae.
Over the last fast years since Apple first introduced its market share-leading iPhone, there have been a number of rumors over a smaller form factor offering and as yet one has yet to emerge.
In looking at the economy as a whole, Dalio pays particular attention to the amount of credit that banks and other financial institutions are creating, which he regards as a key factor in over-all spending.
Fuller sued Cowell for copyright infringement, over claims The X Factor copied the format of Fuller's show, Pop Idol - the original forerunner to American Idol - which was screened in the UK from 2001 to 2003.
"It would be awesome to be a judge over here for 'X Factor, '" she told CNN.
But the Tokelauans say the main factor is concern over climate impacts, and a desire to show it can be done.
Dosing levels have crept up by a factor of four over the past decade, though some doubt that this makes dialysis patients live longer.
As China increases its power production by a factor of four over the next 20 years, that means it will need to add more coal plants to meet its goals and electricity demand.
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Contrast that to picks I make for my own account: I roll up my sleeves, spend days chewing on every possible factor, pore over pages of obscure trade journals, pester analyst friends on the phone, consider all the angles.
Mr Ren sought to allay those fears, saying jealousy over its success may be a factor behind such allegations.
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Megayachts and shiny raceboats were a pretty familiar sight, and the wow factor has worn off over the years, but this boat was definitely unique.
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The last factor is total compensation over the past six years.
If the U.S. continues to hurtle toward the fiscal cliff and shows signs of falling over, that could be a factor helping push crude oil under that triangle support line.
The Israel All Share Index rose by a factor of 6, 500 over the period.
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The principal mitigating factor is that year-over-year increases lately have been from year-ago levels that were significantly negative.
Music mogul Simon Fuller has settled a copyright battle with TV network Fox over the US version of The X Factor.
Add the pressure of fitting in work and year-end deadlines, and the family factor can easily push us over the edge.
Over time, I identified a single factor that makes the biggest difference between a great meeting and a poor one: PowerPoint.
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One veteran of the campaign said he believed the victory in the Battle of the Atlantic was a key factor in the overall triumph over Nazi Germany.
Though they also care deeply about jobs and economic growth, the fight over bargaining rights will surely be a factor in how they vote in the fall.
Spiegel speculate that as the baby boomer generation ages, they are likely to shift from buying stocks to selling their equity holdings to finance retirement, and this shift could be a factor holding down equity valuations over the next two decades.
The single factor that gives indexing an advantage over active management is the size of the operating expense headwind.
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The most important factor is how it has performed over time.
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Mr Giuliani's hawkishness could be a vital factor in his struggle to win over Republicans who think him too soft on social issues such as abortion.
One important factor I think we will observe over the next four years is that the economy is going to gain a lot of jobs no matter who wins.
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The one factor that will bust state budgets over the longer haul is the continuing escalation in health care costs for Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor.
Yabuki's pitch to beleaguered banks: The technology he's investing in just might increase the profitability of a bank customer by a factor of five to seven times over what it is today.
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