The Texas jurors made the multi-million dollar award to Mr Ernst's widow, Carol, to cover a combination of his lost pay as a Wal-Mart produce manager, mental anguish, loss of companionship and punitive damages.

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The combination worked, and Erickson's manager invited Sheff to produce a new record.

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Although behavioural financiers have spotted market anomalies, they have not shown that these can be systematically exploited: the average fund manager still struggles to produce a return that matches the index.

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Furthermore, it may well be hard for investors to spot the difference between a fund manager who is able to produce a high, but volatile, long-term return and one who is simply erratic and incompetent.

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By 2050, there will be an estimated nine billion people on the planet, and farmers will need to produce larger yields, said Young Kim, general manager of Bosh Precision Agriculture.

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More ominous still, Buck insinuates himself into a children's theater, writes a simple-minded play that's seething with unresolved sexuality, then pays the theater's dimwitted manager, Beverly (Lupe Ontiveros), to produce it.

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Jeff Hack-Davies, the company's packaging operations manager, tells me this line alone has enabled them to produce 60 to 70 thousand kegs per week compared to 3, 000 eight years ago.

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Mr Clarke, married with three children, began his Asda career as a store manager in Edinburgh before taking on director roles in frozen food, bakery and produce.

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And the continued inability to produce much in the way of a coherent attacking game must be a major cause of concern for manager Martin Johnson, who has guided England to only eight wins in his 22 Tests in charge - a poorer record than predecessors Brian Ashton and Andy Robinson.

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