That's the way stock-for-stock mergers work most of the time.

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But for the stock to work long-term the company still has to execute.

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He also analyzes prices and fundamental data going as far back as 1982 and has developed a stock-picking system based on which analytical tools work and which don't, depending on country, region or industry group.

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You start with a pretty basic feed stock - oil or natural gas - but with a little work you can turn out a whole bunch of flavors.

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Despite substantial investment, the report states that the progress towards the WHQS has been affected by the slower than expected development of landlords' work plans and timescales for local-authority stock transfer.

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However, that changed into the 1990s, when announcement of a work-family initiative caused an immediate rise in stock price by, on average, .48%.

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For example, Professor Michelle Arthur, from the University of New Mexico, set out to examine stock market reactions to the announcement of Fortune 500 firms adopting such work-family initiatives.

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It said it would work with the London Stock Exchange to examine what changes and back-up arrangements needed to be made to avoid a repeat of the debacle.

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Then in early March, 2009, when the 2008-2009 financial meltdown seemed at its worst, near panic that the economy was headed still lower into the next Great Depression, the widespread opinion being that the massive bailouts by the government could not possibly work, the stock market launched into what has become an impressive four-year bull market.

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