The answer lies with financial measures, and in some cases strategic measures, that drive value.
Notwithstanding my preference for financial measures, relative TSR can be a reasonable default measure.
Information about Dell's use of non-GAAP financial information is provided under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
"The commission recommended that I should continue the financial measures against the Progressive Unionist Party, " he said.
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We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons.
But the financial measures are designed to restore stability so that the longer term structural issues can be resolved.
Corbett scores companies on nine financial measures, including debt as a percentage of assets, profit margins and return on assets.
"All diplomatic, economic, financial measures and others ... will not be lifted until the re-establishment of constitutional order, " he said.
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They succeeded: My three brothers and I each own homes and by financial measures have done better than our parents.
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In the end, I still prefer a performance share plan that is driven primarily by financial measures that drive value.
Dell encourages investors to review the historical reconciliation and the non-GAAP discussion in conjunction with the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures.
Dell has provided a reconciliation of the historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in the below tables.
This use rate puts a premium on getting the financial measures right.
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The non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information provided in accordance with GAAP.
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Mr. HILL: They wanted us to be prepared to address these financial measures in the six party process, and we're prepared to do that.
These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to our historical performance and liquidity as well as comparisons to our competitors' operating results.
Reconciliations from the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided below following Selected Data and the financial statements.
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Germany's change of mind is born of twin failures, of the financial measures so far taken in the euro zone and of political strategy in Germany.
"All diplomatic, economic, financial measures and others are applicable from today and will not be lifted until the re-establishment of constitutional order, " said Ouattara, Ivory Coast's president.
We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods.
It seems that Stephen Elop's financial measures may finally be having the desired effect as Nokia records its first sub-billion dollar quarterly loss for a year.
It includes financial and non-financial measures of performance but only to the extent that each is focused on achieving the underlying strategy of the organization or business unit.
The accompanying tables have more details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between these financial measures.
Bold financial measures are needed to assist businesses to rebuild.
We consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be a useful metric for management and investors for the same reasons that Google uses non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin.
For instance, instead of using market capitalization as a basis for portfolio positions, some newer ETFs use other financial measures, such as revenue or dividend rates, to weight their holdings.
Since 2005, the U.S. has built an international coalition "that recognizes the utility of using financial measures to combat proliferation, " says Stuart Levey, Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
In order for NVIDIA's investors to be better able to compare its current results with those of previous periods, the company has shown a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures.
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Despite their importance, financial measures should be complemented with non-financial metrics (which often indicate positive and negative trends earlier than the bottom line) to present a more complete picture of the organization.
It is conceivable that it may spring to life when and if urgent financial measures are needed and, furthermore, ones that cannot be disclosed to the markets, but it doesn't seem likely.
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