Perhaps Mr Murdoch will make a mess of the Wall Street Journal by undermining its editorial independence though surely he is too shrewd a businessman to mess with so valuable a brand.
Nobody doubts that Mr Denktash is a shrewd debater and a fearsome negotiator, and can often charm.
The bank bought San Francisco-based Golden West Financial in 2006 in what was then seen as a shrewd entry into a red-hot mortgage market.
By the '90s, it took a shrewd business-person with a healthy dose of optimism to see the potential in these ruins.
After two terms as governor, Reagan had matured into what Buckley considered a nearly ideal conservative politician: a shrewd leader as well as a man of principle.
Serigraph rewarded him for being a shrewd consumer by not charging him a cent for the operation--no deductible, no co-insurance.
This is shrewd because a big objection from incumbents has been that the effects of market opening are unknowable and could be disastrous.
It is not obvious that a "kinder, gentler" Republicanism will fare well in the primary process come 2016, but it is a shrewd way to differentiate oneself from a primary field in which most challengers will be competing to demonstrate their conservative bona fides.
The L.A. Times has a profile of Lazarus today that paints him as a shrewd negotiator who might be able make a profitable deal for the next Olympics.
Some saw his transition as a shrewd move by Facebook to co-opt a hacker before he might compromise the company.
Though he is part of the minority party, a shrewd John Kerry also could use Congress as a helpful political ground.
Plus, notes Pascal Aguirre, senior vice president at Adventis consultants, Covad has expanded its business by a shrewd purchase earlier this year of GoBeam, a seller of cheap phone connections over the Net.
"Najib is a shrewd observer of the political flow, " says a former UMNO MP.
Any perception of a tweed-clad member of the landed gentry more concerned with pheasant stocks, Purdey shotguns and regenerative timber stocks hides a shrewd, calculating businessman, unafraid to show the ruthlessness of a mako shark in making unpopular decisions.
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The CEO of Goldcorp, Robert McEwen turned out to be a shrewd goldbug, turning his modest ownership in the micro cap Goldcorp into a large stake in US Gold .
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This points to a diplomacy based on a shrewd trading of interests, not despite all that disarming courtesy a naive faith that noxious regimes will show goodwill just because they are treated with respect.
Known more as a shrewd political manager rather than as an innovative policy-maker, Ms Gillard is herself a product of this polls-centric polity.
While being a shrewd and innovative businessman, "Jim Henson created indelible, memorable characters that live with us throughout a variety of media, " said Carl Goodman, executive director of the Museum of the Moving Image.
Andy Robinson is a very shrewd coach and I believe he has been a tad unlucky in the last two games when they lost by the one score.
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There is some logic to this, and in fact Keynes was a shrewd speculator.
Colorful eccentricities aside, Mr. Kelley is also a shrewd businessman who avoids the limelight.
The evolving Buffett is a shrewd and feisty macro player, easily merchant banker of last resort.
Margaery is obviously a shrewd politician, and she plays the brash, self-obsessed Joffrey easily enough.
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When he won, the rationalization was that it was all a shrewd if brutal campaign strategy.
But Shaq's playful personality masks a potent ambition and a shrewd knack for business.
Among Democrats she is known for being a shrewd dealer who insists on discipline from her members.
Mr Martin denied that this was the reason for his choice, but it looked a shrewd one.
His blokeish exterior belies a shrewd and adaptable politician who is on the left of his party.
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Either he is a self-aware man with a dose of humility or a shrewd manipulator of his audience.
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