By responding only when necessary, and with an eye to the bigger picture, you can prevent bigger issues and protect your business in the long run.
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Latest figures show in December they succeeded in responding to only 56.1% of the most urgent (Category A) calls within eight minutes compared to a target of 65%.
So luxury automakers are responding, not only with four-cylinder engines, but hybrids and other fuel-saving technology as well.
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Pirelli, which replaced Bridgestone as Formula One's tire supplier in 2011, argues that it is only responding to calls for more eventful racing.
From state-of-the-art baggage screeners to new infrared sensors guarding the shoreline and new walls around the airport, Massport spokesman Phil Orlandella says Logan is not only responding to yesterday's threats.
The beauty of new technology is that we can control how frequently we check in, and we can do it passively, reading incoming mail and texts and only responding to the most urgent.
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Robert Newman, of Kitsons Solicitors, said the council was responding to concerns, but only because "we delivered an ultimatum that we will not pay from 1 April".
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China is responding to its water problems in only ways a determined nation can.
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According to an April 2011 Deloitte survey on what talent expects and how leaders are responding, among employees surveyed, only 35 percent expected to remain with their current employer.
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In fact, here's a clip of actor Don Cheadle responding to the revelation that not only were his ancestors owned by the Chickasaw nation, that they - he is also part white.
Energy companies fared particularly poorly in the report, coming in last amongst the industries with only 44% of companies responding.
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Greece is the only rich economy that is responding to the crisis with broad and radical reforms to boost its productive potential.
Last year, only about half the hospitals responding to the survey met Leapfrog's 2010 target for such births, of no more than 12% of total deliveries.
In addition, the President has directed responding agencies to devote every resource to not only respond to this incident but to determine its cause.
But that can only be done if both parties are responding to the interests of the American people and not their short-term politics.
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But Reaven noticed that when patients stopped responding to their own insulin, they were not only at risk for diabetes but also for heart attacks.
Responding to Scottish government claims that the tax represents only 0.1% of the large retailers' turnover, he said they are efficient at turnover and do not make large profit margins.
For a few days, Rousselot was even preoccupied by the thought that he had lost his best reader, the reader for whom he had really been writing, the only one who was truly capable of responding to his work.
The large acquisitions Pfizer and Merck made in the last year may have drained first-quarter earnings, but the two big pharmaceutical companies are promising investors the pain is only temporary, and the market's responding well.
Only 32 percent of the state information security officers responding to the Deloitte survey said their staffs had the required cyber security competency.
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So I'm responding for the government when I say stick to this legislation only and let us not go into the wider field.
Though they are getting better at responding fast when an alarm is raised, emergency food aid often makes only a marginal difference.
In the latest quarter it had the worst record out of all departments in England for responding to FOI requests within the legal time limit, managing this in only 74% of cases.
And while many other AMA participants typically only answer a handful of questions, Gates was extremely engaged, responding to responses of his answers, clarifying his opinion on everything from charity to what his favorite book is.
"This industry can only survive with big international firms, and the way the sponsors now are responding to this situation is certainly not good, " Knebel said.
The switches can only be said to be military quality, requiring solid force to engage and responding with a positive click -- and yes, they even measured the volume of the click to make sure that matches the real thing.
Responding to the demand for better fare, Johnson spent money on old reruns, but it resulted only in more carping.
Responding to questions as to how long it had known about the horsemeat issue, Findus said it had only been alerted by Comigel in a letter dated 2 February.
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