The bottom line: Labor shortages may be bad for the Chinese economy in the short-run, but they are good for the long-run.
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They stood at a solid 12% in the third quarter, but Ford expects the margins to drop to 8-10% in the long run due a greater proportion of small cars (such as the Fusion and the Focus) being sold.
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Further, it is assumed that bonds are relatively safer than stocks in the short run, but stocks outperform relative to bonds in the long-run.
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Capital expenditure may have a pay-off in the long run but, given the ever-shortening career span of the average chief executive, few may be willing to take a chance that they will be around for the long term.
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It seems Groupon-like deals may be good for generating a short-term bump in sales but, in the long run, they can create a stingy buyer.
So when we came in to office, we focused not just on rescuing our economy in the short run, but rebuilding our economy for the long run -- creating an economy that lifts up all Americans. (Applause.) Not just some, but all.
This happened in cities like Montreal and countries like Greece who invested heavily in infrastructure and facilities but incurred massive debt in the process without much long-run returns on those investments.
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Not the most exciting investment strategy perhaps, but one that should pay off in the long-run.
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Normally, Parkinson's patients use pills to control symptoms, but the university study shows the patch may have advantages -- especially in the long run.
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But in the long-run, Apple would be giving up a large number of subscribers who will grow up with Firefox OS and may never see any need to jump to Apple in the future.
But the National Bank of Greece, despite the run-up in its stock, remains the sector's likely long-term winner.
Like the legal intern delivering coffee and learning what it takes to be a good lawyer, their most significant impact in the role is not achieved in a short time, but rather in avoiding being too much of a distraction in the short-term and learning how to have a real impact in the long run.
Foreign central banks buy U.S. public debt not because of its investment prospects (which are weak in the long-run) but because of its mechanical purposes in the banking system.
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This leads to short-term achievement but fatigue and burnout in the long run.
But in the long run, things look iffy--Nomai won a key court case in early February, and, frankly, the computer industry has never supported proprietary formats for very long.
But Android and iOS dominate the mobile device market and the tie-in could hinder Dell in the long run.
It may make economic sense to pay more for a new car, furnace or solar panel that will save money and energy in the long run, but it is hard--for both individuals and companies--to sacrifice current profit for future gain.
But she warned that the US was cutting its deficit too fast in the short term, harming growth, but tackling its long-run deficit too slowly.
But it took a politician with an ability to take a short-term hit in order to get the long-run results that we needed.
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The mining group reported a 22% fall in first-half profit as metals prices fell and spoke of near-term uncertainty, but said it was confident about demand in the long run.
But the second goal was not long in coming as left-back Brian Easton went on a 60-yard run before pulling across for Offiong, who showed good footwork before dispatching the ball beyond Hutton.
It's not risk-free, but it may save you a lot of money in the long run.
The result is a glut of the young adult lobsters useful to commercial fishermen, which co-management probably helps to maintain, but which might prove unstable in the long run.
"Remember at the moment banks will probably behave, but in the long run they will find a way to gaming the ring-fence if they don't have a strong disincentive to do so, " he told the BBC.
But the sky-rocketing youth unemployment may actually prove to be the more pressing problem in the long run.
But after some initial turbulence, we expect the American Airlines-US Airways marriage will be a healthy union in the long run, with benefits for both the airline industry and consumers.
Accounting standard-setters have been arm-twisted into relaxing rules that force banks to mark certain assets to market, but in the long run that may hurt confidence in the health of bank balance-sheets, not help it.
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She posits that employees may believe that a better boss would help them to earn more in the long-run than they might if they saw a pay increase but were stuck in a negative work environment.
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There is still a long way to go for cricket in Ireland but the sport these days is well-run and ambitious.
But industry officials contend that the anticipated cuts will yield short-term savings while likely raising prices paid by the government in the long run.
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