Suddenly he was responsible not just for end-of-period financial reporting but also for a new financial planning and analysis unit, an expanded roster of product finance managers, a newly installed financial system, and occasional meetings with stock analysts.

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After he finished the study, Bidwell says he did some further analysis, of how people in a particular unit were affected by an external hire.

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Based on our analysis, we find the total impact on PC unit growth could be more severe than we are modeling if our cannibalization rate assumptions prove too conservative, thus making the success of Windows 8 tablets a very important offsetting revenue source.

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Sir Roger said that despite safety assurances over Leeds General Infirmary, the full analysis of the data called for the children's heart surgery unit to remain under supervision.

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So, Scout got upgraded from an 8-bit processor to a 32-bit unit based on Micrium, the operation system being used by NASA's Curiosity Rover for sample analysis on Mars.

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Fidelity Investments and American Funds, among the largest in the category, saw redemptions or weak investor interest compared with competitors, according to an analysis of mutual-fund flows done for The Wall Street Journal by research firm Strategic Insight, a unit of New York-based Asset International.

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