It would have been crazy to make an investment decision in 2008 on the assumption that the dollar would have the same value in 2012.

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Many Japanese exporters, such as Sony, plan their operations on the assumption the yen will be no stronger than 115 to the dollar.

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Posting in a recent RetailWire online discussion, Paula Rosenblum, managing partner, RSR Research, found weakness in the assumption that Walmart could scale down to run a small format competitive to dollar stores.

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