Now the lesson of history is that bonkers valuations don't persist forever - especially if they are transparent.
Cesium-137 has a radioactive half-life of about 30 years, and traces of the isotope still persist from above-ground nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s and '60s.
Perhaps in some slow-moving companies, those hardened-silo outlooks persist, but in top-performing businesses across the world, all C-level execs are balancing their domain expertise with intense focus on customer behavior and other external factors.
Rumours persist that long-time Scarlets coach Jenkins could also return to the region as Elite Performance Director.
The biggest price differences tend to persist in non-tradable services.
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However difficulties will remain for managers and companies to tailor goals for employees as metrics and easily quantifiable ways to measure success of failure -- be it profits or targets -- persist.
We are unlikely to cease making gods or inventing ceremonies to please them for as long as we are afraid of death, or of the dark, and for as long as we persist in self-centeredness.
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The Bernanke Fed has kept the interest rate on federal funds near zero since December 2008, and that rate is likely to persist until mid-2013, as announced at the latest meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.
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Facebook and Twitter may persist into the long-run, similar as to when profitable companies like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Yahoo!
Just 5 percent were able to persist in the top-half all 5 years, while random luck puts the odds at 6 percent.
Rumors persist that its still-profitable brands like Craftsman and Kenmore will follow.
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Substantial hedging activity will persist in the near-future as by-product producers of silver that began to lock in higher prices continue to do so.
India's information-technology giants, stars of international outsourcing, bang their heads in Japan and South Korea, where conglomerates' ingrained habits of managing IT in-house persist.
So why do we persist with the male mid-life crisis, talk about it, believe in it?
For example, the total number of secondary teachers has risen by 50% since 1990 although shortages persist, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
The NAR's chief economist warned that a pause in home buying is likely to persist through September despite rock-bottom mortgage rates and high affordability.
Levy noted that GM's near-term challenges persist, particularly competitive challenges from Asian carmakers, higher gas prices and the shift to crossover utility vehicles , an area where GM and Ford Motor are trying to catch up.
These above-average returns can persist if the decline is a gradual process and is not fully anticipated.
Even if the world manages to limit depletion, many water-related problems will persist.
Without that, they say, the current-account gap will persist and investors will no longer be prepared to finance it.
John Burbank, founder of Passport Capital LLC, a San Francisco-based macro-hedge-fund manager, thinks the macro-driven environment will persist for some time.
Meanwhile, rage over higher executive compensation is inevitable and bitter public attacks will persist, spilling over from the C-Suite to the boardroom.
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"We expect the challenging economic backdrop to persist, with customers looking to re-balance their household budget after the festivities, and so spending cautiously in the first few months of 2013, " he said.
Retail analysts like Experian's Jonathan De Mello say this gloomy picture will persist for at least the next year - which means many shops are likely to stay empty for a long time to come.
Even after appointing former defender Mike Petke as head coach and overhauling the roster during the off-season, the defensive problems persist.
Significantly, JCX-1-11 highlights the uncertainty that persist in wealth transfer taxes.
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While most nations acknowledge the reality of climate change, questions persist about its pace, severity and expense -- both of fixing the problem now and paying for its effects later.
In a report first presented to ministers in November 2009, he said patients should be exempt if they have a long-term health condition that will persist for a period of at least six months.
However if sequestrations persist and impact even major contracts like F-35, then sales and profits of the company will see a higher rate of decline, and consequently our current price estimate will be negatively impacted.
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