But behind the scenes, Ms. Merkel was starting to take over the contingency planning.
For marketers, recent data on the economy add up to two words: contingency planning.
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But it is certainly the case that contingency planning is the responsible thing to do.
Its report criticised communication between the three organisations and a lack of contingency planning.
As a result, Oclaro immediately began to deploy its contingency planning to assess alternative manufacturing options.
Is there any contingency planning to alter the Election Day schedule because of this?
Bankers, along with all other business leaders, should do contingency planning for a possible downturn.
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After a couple of years, though, economic contingency planning should switch to construction and automobiles.
Those proposals were put forward in a Contingency Planning Team (CPT) report for the health watchdog, Monitor.
Non-financial firms are also doing contingency planning for how they might deal with a bunch of new currencies.
He attributed the smooth operations to years of contingency planning and interagency work.
So now, before another recession hits you, take some time to work through a system for economic contingency planning.
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And the consequent decision-making flaws included inadequate contingency planning, insufficient information search and biased assessments of risk, cost-benefits and moral implications.
Responding to the Contingency Planning Team Report by the regulator Monitor, it said the proposed downgrading of service provision is "dramatic".
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What we are focused on doing -- that was the question I was asked, what kind of contingency planning is in place.
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The UK has also invited Algeria to participate in a joint contingency planning exercise to share experience in responding to crisis situations.
Unlike Mr Record, who favours secrecy, in their paper Jens Nordvig and Nick Firoozye argue that open contingency planning would reduce uncertainty.
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Mr. BANBURY: There was the extent of contingency planning for what it might do in the country and how the UN might respond.
To apportion forces appropriately, the relevant Combatant Commanders based their contingency planning on the assumption that the two concurrent MTWs would develop sequentially.
Paul Tucker, the Bank of England official up before MPs this week, said contingency planning has already started to deal with this risk.
It was also used during 2001's foot and mouth crisis and for contingency planning when severe winter weather hit in 2010 and 2011.
When writing about economic contingency planning in the best book about economics for business, I forgot how varied companies are in their planning processes.
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He added that USPS should increase its focus on contingency planning.
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The midst of a crisis is no time for contingency planning.
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Contingency planning is becoming the watchword in the private sector, too.
The U.S. has sought in recent weeks to tamp down tensions with Iran, but the Pentagon is at the same time pushing ahead with contingency planning.
Downing Street has disclosed that the National Security Council has been involved in contingency planning in case of a worsening situation in Greece and the eurozone.
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If oil and gas tax has to fill the gap between other tax and expenditure, it requires some large-scale contingency planning in case it doesn't deliver on forecast.
Details and timelines of individual countries' contingency planning remain unclear.
An interagency working group led by the NSC staff and the Office of Management and Budget has undertaken detailed contingency planning for humanitarian relief in case of conflict with Iraq.
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