The new normal is more of the same: a mixed bag of positive and negative news and data, with the negative outweighing the positive on balance.
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When the public was asked to choose between a simple positive and negative assessment, however, it split down the middle: 51% said unions had a negative impact, while 49% said their effect was positive.
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Twitter sentiment is about 3:1 positive to negative, for James Bond and more than 4:1 positive for Skyfall, a small suggestion that this is a very well liked version in the franchise.
That 2.3 to 1 ratio is running considerably more negative than the second quarter earnings warning period when the ratio of positive and negative preannouncements was 1 to 1.
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"It does get to me, but you have to remember in life that there's a positive to every negative and a negative to every positive, " Hathaway responded.
This asymmetry between the power of positive and negative expectations or experiences has an evolutionary history.
Sessions notes that the mood of the country had both positive and negative reverberations.
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General Sentiment awards positive or negative value to every comment, aggregating it all into an index.
So I learned that I can work a crowd from positive to negative and back.
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Positive and negative sentiments can be identified, as well as clusters that are growing or shrinking.
Neither group, however, was aware of the influences around them whether positive or negative.
Complex systems such as climate and the financial markets have both positive and negative feedback.
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We highlight the positive and negative drivers for UA in our evaluation of the company.
The common currency magnifies the butterfly effect of positive or negative shocks within the Euro zone.
Initial response to her story has been mixed: "More positive than negative, " she says.
The colour of a liquid changes to give either a positive or negative result.
Each of these patterns entails positive and negative characteristics that both excite and alarm venture capitalists.
Using the 3D Viewing Monitor, users can also highlight positive and negative parallax within each image.
Initial, strong opinions, either positive or negative, tended to sway subsequent comments in a similar direction.
However, stock prices before FDA regulatory decisions did not differ between those with positive and negative decisions.
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Businesses compete intensely for talent and customers, and positive and negative sentiment spread faster than ever before.
Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.
Like all technologies, video games have the capacity to influence players in both positive and negative ways.
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The universe also contains information coded with the direction, speed and positive or negative charges of subatomic particles.
The trick is to figure out which companies are likely to report big positive or negative earnings surprises.
Its policies, programmes and projects provide opportunities and have significant impacts (positive and negative) for indigenous peoples worldwide.
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Such content will likely generate some buzz, but the question will be whether that skews positive or negative.
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This is a long-term trend that will have both positive and negative implications.
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"A flexible exchange rate is one more channel for absorbing both positive and negative shocks, " he told the conference.
Unfortunately, none of this translates to an effect--positive or negative--on the local economy.
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