The industry has drawn ire from environmental activists for everything from the harm that happens during production, to the fast fashion cycle, which promotes disposable clothing.

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Maybe the news cycle is too fast.

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The news cycle is lightning fast.

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For some very fast growing companies, the organization reaches a point in its life cycle when venture capital funds are required for hyper growth.

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She said that developing countries needed to respond by beefing up bank supervision, restricting credit to fast-growing areas, imposing capital requirements that changed with the economic cycle and monitoring their foreign exchange exposures.

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Indeed, the phone industry has been characterized by fast-moving product cycles, where even one missed cycle can result in a slide.

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Now, of course I understand that the unfortunate 24-hour news cycle requires 24-hour news channels to be wicked fast with their responses.

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So he focuses on companies that sell into fast-growing overseas markets or are somehow protected from the chemical stocks' boom-bust cycle (see table).

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