Microsoft's willingness to shift strategy on Windows 8 is a test for Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, whose leadership has been criticized by some investors.

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Whichever theory you think is right, with the No Glass Ceilings motif index, which returned 10.1% year to date, you get a litmus test for this tectonic sociological shift occurring in our society and economy through the progress of 19 companies currently headed by female chief executives.

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But a bigger test of Asian governments' resolve to shift the balance of growth from exports towards domestic spending is whether they will allow their exchange rates to rise.

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Then the new recruits test their skills by shadowing veteran staffers during their shift.

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But it backed UN sanctions against Pyongyang after the nuclear test, in a move seen by some as a shift.

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Banks, brokers and exchanges continued Tuesday morning to test a new backup plan put together Monday that would shift NYSE operations to its all-electronic platform.

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With 55 million units sold and nearly 25 million app downloads to date, the iPad has clearly passed the test as a transformative business tool and helped spark a revolutionary shift in the mobile workforce.

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The goal needs to shift from one of making a system that teaches children a curriculum more efficiently and getting better test scores to one of making the system more effective by inspiring lifelong learning in students , so that they are able to have full and productive lives in a rapidly shifting economy.

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It is possible that Adam Jones, one of the three tight-heads in the squad, could do a shift there but if either Gethin Jenkins or Andrew Sheridan start, it could point to the other being the likely Test starter.

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