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.
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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About half those young adults say they think the presidential hopefuls are paying the right amount of attention to the 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.
Odd, since the Obama campaign has also criticised Mr McCain for not paying much attention to the economy.
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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.
While the budget debate has oscillated between spending cuts and tax increases, the option of actually growing the economy has received scant attention.
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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Gianfranco Fini -- a former party ally -- lashed out, accusing him of a lack of attention to the economy and structural reforms that Italy needs.
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.
But it does run the risk of alienating independents who are leery of a social policy agenda hijacking the attention that needs to be directed at the economy.
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.
He says the economy here needs attention, but has turned a corner.
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.
One of the reasons the preliminary GDP estimates, and any later revisions, attract so much attention is the urge to define the economy as in or out of recession: especially when the media is speculating about the possibility of an unprecedented so-called triple-dip recession.
The media have paid little attention to the fact that the third-largest economy in the world today, Japan, has been strangling its economy since the early 1990s.
Beyond keeping a close eye on the fundamentals of your business, it's also important to pay attention to all the overall drivers of the economy, from interest rates, inflation and unemployment to consumer indebtedness and currency values.
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.
"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.
"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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Economists began to view the supply side of the economy as unresponsive and passive, and switched their attention toward stimulating the demand side, most specifically consumer spending.
Yet Mr Bush will get the attention of such voters only if he can convince them that the economy is recovering.
The story notably the back-and-forth between Mediapart and the budget minister is getting increasing attention in France, especially as the country's economy continues to weaken.
For now, however, the markets are paying more attention to the health of the financial sector than to the economy at large.
So, given the idea that the economy is improving, traders are able to avert their attention from the misery that is the European debt mess and get into the holiday spirit.
The race is receiving a lot of early attention because California, the world's eighth-largest economy and America's biggest, remains in a dire condition.
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.
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