Spending good money on something that may not show a return is risky.
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Since 2010, many endowments have recovered their value, and data from 823 institutions show a return of 19% for 2011.
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Nowadays, a business can spend thousands of dollars on a mobile ad campaign and have very little to show in return.
Spinning Around, and the forthcoming album Light Years due for release in September, however, seem to show a return to the traditional Kylie sound.
The data did show a return to personal consumption in China and a softening of fixed asset investment at least in the near term across the manufacturing, infrastructure and property sectors.
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After years of revising growth down and inflation up, this is the first inflation report since 2007 to paint a generally brighter outlook, although the forecasts still show no return to pre-crisis levels of growth.
The 49-year-old will spend two weeks hosting Kelly's show, who will return as part of ITV's new Daybreak show.
Often patients find out a result and then get scared and don't show up in return visits.
The full line-up of celebrities will be announced next week ahead of the show's return on 15 September.
Studies commissioned by the states tend to show a healthy return on investment.
Although the median pension did show a positive return for the period, it significantly underperformed a simple portfolio of index funds.
It would also show that any return to a more normal economy is unlikely to be quick or follow a straightforward path.
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VMWare has a monthly subscription model and should show an increasing return on investment as it spreads its costs over a growing number of customers.
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Pressed to show a decent return for shareholders, giant oil companies that would never have dreamed of selling out in the past are putting themselves on the block.
The Daily Mail reported that Richardson currently spends six months a year in Los Angeles filming the show but will return to the UK on a permanent basis.
While the Obama administration dreams of Americans in Euro-style tin cans, American customers like elbow room, and this year's show marks a return to the American truck wars.
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The bottom two rows of the table clearly show that the return of the total portfolio (which, in this simulation, was rebalanced quarterly) exceeds the weighted average of the individual portfolio components.
The days ahead of the show will see us setting up our base of operations, the usual vinyl-wrapped double-wide trailer parked just outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from which we can dash to anywhere on the show floor and return quickly, getting the news up and into your browser within minutes.
If the market does better--say, 12%, a little better than the average 10-year annual return after previous catastrophic downturns--it will still only show a 20-year return (through December 2019) of 3.38%.
The Old School show section saw Madonna return to her early 1980s downtown New York City dance roots.
The government figures made public this week show the investment and return from the past 13 films made on the island.
But a source with knowledge of the situation tells The TV Column the show is expected to return soon to originals.
"The Iraqi government needs to show real progress in return for America's continued support and sacrifice, " he said in the Rose Garden back then.
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If Sanofi can show that Acomplia helps return arteries to a healthier, younger state, cardiologists could conceivably start prescribing it to many at-risk patients.
As for Gilmartin, the Irishman is convinced the 3-2 midweek defeat at Oldham was rough justice as the game saw the Saddlers show signs of a return to form.
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Evidence of how these entities have performed is muddy because so much of their environment is distorted: for example, given cheap enough money and strong enough protection for their franchise, even corporate sluggards can show good profits and return on equity.
According to Nierob, producer David E Kelly has fully backed Downey's return to the show.
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