Even financial companies say those students often have sharp critical-thinking skills and problem-solving techniques that business majors sometimes lack.

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In their struggle to remain relevant, Microsoft has injected some sharp, contemporary thinking into the mobile device field, much as they have quite successfully done in the gaming space with the Kinect.

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Going into the holidays with sharp promotions is one thing, but stores are thinking more creatively to lure shoppers to items like electronics and toys.

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There has been much debate lately about the concept of "decoupling, " or the idea that international markets can deliver strong economic growth and robust equity returns in the face of a recession, or at least a very sharp slowdown in the U.S. In the short run, that may be wishful thinking.

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Considering the modest claims made by the author of the plan, as well as the sharp questioning of even those claims by many eminent economists, it would require a heavy dose of wishful thinking to regard QE2 as a potent remedy for the ills of the real economy.

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