Videos have been taken of an official steamroller running over the offending handlebars while representatives from the economic police, the Market Management Bureau and the People's Committee stand solemnly to attention watching justice being done.
States and localities got religion in the mid-1970s and began funding their pensions more soundly, but then a long bull market led management and unions to count on super-charged stock-market returns to cover the future costs.
Over 30 years Koch has distilled these readings into a theory -- Market Based Management.
" His "Market Based Management" (the term is trademarked), is "The Science of Human Action.
Sooner rather than later, Watson knows, Koch will cut his losses: The willingness to admit you're wrong is crucial for Market Based Management.
The Science of Success is short on concrete examples, and Koch acknowledges that implementing his Market Based Management can be difficult because of the hazy connection between, say, property rights and the day-to-day decisions of a midlevel manager in charge of a fertilizer plant.
He makes it clear that this is not a task management tool, as the market for task management is already crowded.
Her critics say that she saw the benefits of an open market but failed to appreciate that the management of that market would inevitably lead to handing over of some sovereignty.
By the same logic specialized market researchers and management consultants may have a similar value-added.
That means minimizing political interference by European governments so the business can be run according to market-based management practices.
SAP.com and a more market-friendly management style, Mr Kagermann is betting that recovery in America will soon become evident.
Looking ahead, Toll looks positioned to grow market share as management has aggressively been acquiring property while rivals have been in retreat.
That likely means a lot of companies are eyeing transactions, but the turbulent market is holding management back from pulling the trigger on deals.
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That helped drive the acquisition of U.S.Trust and its trust and estate-planning expertise, which thrusts Schwab into the rather different market of wealth management.
"Through this merger, iControl and uControl have combined our respective strengths to deliver the best platform for the broadband home management market, " said Paul Dawes, co-CEO of iControl.
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According to a recent study by Greenwich Associates of the U.S. investment management market about 14% of U.S. pension funds, endowments and foundations said they were using ETFs in their strategy.
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What's holding them back, said McKinsey, is a simple "lack of incentives and market pressure" on management.
We must lay the groundwork for the fundamental risk-management-market institutions that enhance safety better than tossing everything to regulators.
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China Mobile also runs a website, 12582.com, that sends farmers information about planting techniques, pest management and market prices.
It can, however, be extremely useful in explaining to investors the realities of the money management business and how investment management firms market themselves.
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Along with Koch Industries, a privately held commodities giant, and Utilicorp United, a Kansas City-based utility, Enron is creating a new over-the-counter trading market in weather risk management.
Second, the market for integrated talent management software has matured.
Investors sold off NetFlix after its earnings report today, down 10% on the market open, because Management said that it expects subscriber levels to stay constant in the coming quarter when price increases take effect.
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The fund has a good track record of out-performing its net asset value return in strong market years and fund management has been a consistent buyer of shares (currently holding around a third of all shares outstanding).
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Asking customers what they wanted had done nothing to help management anticipate the market shift.
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Sullivan could have blamed the housing market or poor choices by management, but he trained his sights elsewhere.
Moreover, there are few buyers, says Mark Dow, an emerging-market portfolio manager at Pharo Management in New York.
There are five main gold-mining ETFs, with the biggest by assets under management being the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX).
In the fight for market share, fund-management houses have sometimes been forced to rein in their fund managers to make themselves more attractive to the advisers.
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