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Crude Oil Prices: "Random"? Hardly.

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Last week's shocking spike in crude oil prices is +12% and counting, the biggest one-week gain in five years. Media stories blame one culprit: the November 30 OPEC agreement to cut production. million barrels a day, less than 2% of daily global oil production. Oil prices went all over the place -- down 4% one day, 3% the next.

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Mobile Learning Builds Knowledge and Productivity

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Maybe you''re saving money by finding the gas station in your area with the lowest gas prices. Possibily you''re staying in touch with family and friends by posting status updates and uploading photos on Facebook.

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Pattern Recognition

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Now it looks like our services revenue will be higher than that generated from software product sales by the end of the year. Whereas, managing a product business can result in very unpredictable swings in monthly revenue generation. . Set and monitor product and service line gross profit margins.

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A Global Standard of Living Shift

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A recent jump in prices of commodities such as oil, crops, metals and other raw materials negatively affects the standard of living of America's middle class. These prices have risen due to strong global demand, particularly in emerging markets, and pockets of reduced supply. are facing a shrinking standard of living.

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Holiday Travel Brands

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PRICE MATTERS MOST WHEN IT COMES TO. I go by price (the cheaper, the better): 38% 2. to share about your favorite brands, products, and services? to complain about brands, products, or services. Pollfish [ www.pollfish.com ], the world's leading real-. time market research survey platform—Marriott Hotels.

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Management Agility

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Authors Colin Price and Sharon Toye, argue, "It's time to recognize that "soft stuff" is really the hard stuff and to bring hard science to management.". You find ways to funnel customer feedback directly to development teams to improve their products and reduce development costs. Everybody wins.

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Conscious Capitalism

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Whole Foods does so by focusing on the health and well-being of people who can afford to pay higher prices for food products. SouthWest Airlines has brought the freedom to fly to ordinary people through lower priced airfares and efficient operations. feel happier by becoming better organized. Becoming Conscious Leaders.