One research company that has created a stock screen of dividend-growth stocks is Value Line, whose list includes stocks that are comparatively low-risk investment choices.
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By focusing on top-line value to readily implement new solutions while reducing costs and the infrastructure footprint at the same time, a new IT leader can set a course for double-barreled value creation that earns him or her status as a true peer to the rest of the c-suite of executives.
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Game-changing innovation requires a different kind of management with a new corporate bottom line in which value-adding innovation is a necessity, not an option.
Staying on top means Global Sources will need to continue to expand its line of value-added services, which competitors will have a hard time matching.
These are good signs for the company as it heads into 2012, and we expect the Cotendo and Blaze acquisitions to help Akamai increase its top-line and protect its margins for its value-added offerings.
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To reduce the risk of underperformance, the chosen stocks were limited to those that Value Line classifies as above-average for timeliness over the next six to 12 months.
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Knight Ridder has always had a reputation for journalistic excellence as well as for making that value a priority over the bottom line--which is perhaps why Knight Ridder's financial performance has lagged that of its industry peers for years.
But most compensation packages are linked not to long-term value creation and skillful management of long-term risks, but to quarterly or annual bottom line performance.
That is the C-Suite bottom line to generating shareholder value.
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Getting the over-arching value of business aviation relative to your bottom line, will put the costs in a more fitting perspective.
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Indeed, the Value Line magic was much more apparent in the stock-ranking system's first two decades than in the last one.
However, a shift is occurring in the enterprise as business leaders look for ways to generate real value through the use of social technologies to evolve their front-line business operations.
CDs will probably be the first to go, since there is little way for an on-line merchant to claim to add much unique value to such basic goods, especially for consumers who already know what they want and are not looking for reviews or samples.
Zuckerberg hoped to connect the Harvard campus from his dorm room and extolled the value of shared information from the get-go, and the company line remains the same nine years, an IPO and one billion users later.
Jefferson National was able to maintain its fees by successfully pitching its story directly to customers on-line, then following up with personal assistance, adding value and promoting a successful investor story.
So as much as a fair-minded social policy might like to reduce the value of my goose in line with the losses suffered by other savers, the value that the goose produces everyday makes it absolutely impossible for anyone to do that.
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In assessing the value of a senior health-service manager or council chief, for example, the line between core competence and bonus-worthy brilliance might be hard to define.
Income, asset and credit documentation requirements are rigorous, having a second mortgage or a Home Equity Line of Credit, condo or co-op ownership or unrealistic value expectations can add unforeseen land mines to the refinancing process.
Olympus's net loss narrowed as a weaker yen boosted the value of its foreign-currency assets, though soft digital-camera sales still hurt its bottom line.
The weekly chart shows that the DMK was in a well-established downtrend (line a) starting in 1982, as it was falling in value against the US dollar.
"This transaction is in line with BP's strategy to focus on a smaller number of higher-value assets with long-term growth potential and to continue the simplification of our portfolio with a further reduction of operated infrastructure and wells, " said BP chief executive Bob Dudley.
"The VIZIO TV and audio holiday line-up provides access to leading edge innovations and modern design at an unbeatable total value, " said Matt McRae, VIZIO Chief Technology Officer.
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All these have a survivorship bias: investments mentioned at dinner parties, stocks charted in Value Line, entrepreneurs featured in FORBES, stock market histories (does your data set include the --100% compound annual return on Russia over the past century?), available hedge fund performance numbers and every mutual fund ad.
As with so many story-driven games, however, The Line is not a game with a tremendous amount of replay value.
Investment research firm Value Line ranks Terex No. 1 in timeliness, describing it as a stock that stands out for short-and-long-term investors.
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"The strong film line-up in the second half, coupled with our solid first-half performance, underpins our confidence in performing in line with expectations for the year and delivering further value for shareholders, " said chief executive Stephen Wiener.
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