Traders have been looking for hints of any policy shift on short-term and long-term rates, especially hints of a possible QE3.
Factory workers gather for a short meeting before each shift.
Derailleur gears have a front mech (short for front gear mechanism) to shift the chain between two or three chainrings and a rear mech (short for rear gear mechanism) with up to 10 sprockets.
Even in the short term, this demographic shift could have a massive effect.
Moreover, the decrease in employment will be greater in the long run than in the short run, as employers shift to labor-saving methods of production.
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Short-term interest rates remained low, reflecting plentiful liquidity, an inflation-sensitive shift from long-term debt to short-term, and the perception that the Fed will be dovish.
This is a big shift in a relatively short time.
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In a few short years, tablets have managed to shift momentum away from Windows PCs more than Mac OS X or Linux had in the previous 20.
Competitive advantages could certainly shift in a new, short-ball era.
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That is some shift in consumer behaviour in a short period - and as we know other companies have rushed to imitate the iPad, though with limited impact on its market share.
"We expect to see more short-term palliatives than any sort of significant shift in policy, " Mr. Freedman said.
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Sunita was dressed in a white linen shift, and welcomed us with a short speech that, as far as I could tell, was composed of cut-up extracts from diet books.
The consequence of financialization has been an increased role played by highly-subjective psychological factors and a shift in industry thinking from long term to short term.
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But while that priority shift eventually creates more stable finances, in the short term, it puts a squeeze on your wallet.
In short, he concludes, there has been a massive valuation shift to Apple and away from the likes of Dell, Nokia and Research In Motion.
Those analysts proclaiming that there has been a radical shift in investor sentiment for gold are correct only on a short-term basis.
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Britannica said while its decision to focus on online editions was influenced by the shift in consumer pattern, the ability to update content at a short notice also played a big role.
Instead of focusing exclusively on short term gains and efficiency innovations, the very goal of the firm has to shift to delighting customers through continuous value-adding innovation.
This enables you to shift your focus from individual transactions and simply making a buck in the short term to building trust and establishing lifetime relationships that will undoubtedly pay off.
But poor employees are humiliated: the slowest worker on each shift must publicly explain his or her shortcomings, middle managers who fall short are named in the firm's weekly paper, and ineffectual senior managers must volunteer a pay cut.
Such a return-chasing approach might be justified if investors were rightly anticipating that a short-term improvement in the returns of a particular hedge fund indicated a long-term shift in favour of its style.
Not a short list of things to focus on as the bread and butter PC business grapples with the consumer shift toward smartphones and tablets.
Was the shift driven by core business softness that precluded further investment, the personal fiat of a short-tenured CEO or a justifiable reaction to disappointing sales?
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