Beyond that, it is a way to participate in the attention economy.
This is one small way how attention is replacing the role of money in what is often referred to as the Attention economy.
Odd, since the Obama campaign has also criticised Mr McCain for not paying much attention to the economy.
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About half those young adults say they think the presidential hopefuls are paying the right amount of attention to the economy.
Gianfranco Fini -- a former party ally -- lashed out, accusing him of a lack of attention to the economy and structural reforms that Italy needs.
While Giuliani was talking up his national security credentials on the campaign trail in the early portion of his campaign, he has since turned his attention toward the economy.
Obviously the big companies generally get most of the attention in our economy, and the success of large companies is critical to the success of medium and small businesses as well.
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When July sales numbers were released earlier this month, car company executives observed that consumers paid close attention to the fuel economy of vehicles they purchased.
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At a campaign stop, er, we mean while travelling on "official business" at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Mr. Obama scored Republicans for suggesting that he was simply trying to distract attention from the bad economy.
Whatever happens, the world will want some sign that the US Treasury is going to pay some attention to the global economy this year - even as the president and his treasury secretary go forth in battle over the budget.
He says the economy here needs attention, but has turned a corner.
At the beginning of the year, strategists in both parties suggested that Iraq and health care would grab voters' attention as much as the economy.
John McCain's presidential campaign decided to shift attention away from the troubled economy and on to issues of his opponent's character, judgment and personal associations, the Washington Post reported.
The most significant change, critics say, has been a clampdown on official information about crime, part of a government-wide attempt to refocus national and international attention onto Mexico's economy.
"This time, their slogan is 'Turn grief to strength' and they're paying much more attention to business and the economy, " said a veteran official at one of the biggest Chinese cross-border trade companies.
There is perhaps no more critical component of the economy that desperately needs attention than residential housing.
The economy was given little attention as it turned in growth rates well above 3% every year.
Indeed, the uneven recovery of the American economy is focusing new attention on places in colder climates.
While the budget debate has oscillated between spending cuts and tax increases, the option of actually growing the economy has received scant attention.
Democratic hopes in the mid-term elections are perhaps best served by keeping to local issues, diverting attention away from a bleak national economy, unpopular wars and a president with dragging approval ratings.
The data would add to optimism that price pressures are easing steadily, likely providing the central bank the headroom to shift attention to reviving growth in an economy expanding at its weakest pace in a decade.
"The attention in the media on the economy has focused people on the need to support political leaders who support them, " said Mike Fishman, the president of local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents building workers.
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Sabahy's performance in the first round indicates that many who voted for the Muslim Brotherhood in parliamentary elections, especially the working classes, were disillusioned with its advocacy of a free market economy and lack of attention to social justice and welfare issues.
Indeed, he went further, suggesting that Ms Lamont had not paid sufficient attention to his previous comments on the economy.
While continuing to monitor the real-dollar relationship, Mantega has now turned his attention to controlling inflation in an overheating economy.
But there's another part of Uncle Sam's reach into the economy that gets only sporadic attention yet is enormously impactful and costly: federal regulations.
Ms Wood, elected Plaid leader last week, drew attention to EU figures which suggest the economy in poorer parts of Wales had fallen further behind the European average.
He also shifts attention from his personal stewardship of the economy, which Americans consider inept, to the broader and more abstract question of inequality, where Democrats should be on firmer ground.
The hope is that the new government will soon find its feet and turn its attention to reintegrating Kolkata into a global economy that it was once, long ago, at the heart of.
The global economy was growing nicely, and analyzing it (or even paying attention to market cycles) seemed like a waste of time, as the economy came in only three flavors: good, great and awesome.
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