Vivendi Universal is a good example: Thomson First Call shows 14 analysts keeping tabs on the shares traded in Paris, but only one analyst tracking the U.S.-traded Vivendi ADR.
Surely the rise of English as a universal second language is good for business?
But the conglomerate's majority-owned NBC Universal, enjoyed a good quarter.
While games are probably best suited to somewhat different modes of storytelling than film, I do think that many of the universal qualities of a good story can still find themselves into a video game.
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Universal access does us little good if bad pricing mechanisms remain unchecked.
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Spotify has those, but with tracks missing from every album, having apparently not negotiated as good a deal with Universal.
The motivation for human behavior may be complicated, but Devastations' members reduce it to a basic and universal truth: If it feels good, it's hard to resist.
The marketing idea, though, is universal: Capture the aspirations of potential customers with good-looking people.
The International Olympic Committee defines Olympism as "a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example, social responsibility and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles".
The education reform movement is hard at work finding good ways to measure success, and determine universal and objective rules for how people should be hired and fired, and figuring out what kinds of certifications should be required, etc.
The universal admiration she won for her perseverance in working towards the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland in April 1998 endures.
That is not the same, however, as having a universal conviction that were Britain to join at once it would be good for the Square Mile.
There are good parts of the world where there simply never will be a universal landline telephone network.
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What's more, senior Whitehall officials have long worried that IDS's plan for a new Universal Credit could go the way of the health reforms - ie they sound good in theory but may prove bureaucratic, costly and unpopular in practice.
Like any other international public good whose origin can be traced but whose consequences are far-reaching and universal, we can only arrive at a solution if the big guns decide to cooperate.
They did it because we believe health is a public good, because the system in place was unsustainable and unjust, and because universal access to care gives us a competitive edge in attracting innovators and investors who are helping to grow jobs.
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