Closing local businesses is unlikely to help their job performance measurement under either criterion.

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Also, in a land where sex and age still largely determine status, the only criterion for pay and promotion is performance, Shigeta says.

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They should never be the sole criterion for picking a fund, but they should figure in along with risk, expenses, past performance and the suitability of the fund category to your needs.

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