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Where the real work of making a car company successful suddenly turns complex, and where the winners are separated from the losers, is in the long-cycle product development process, where short-term day-to-day metrics and the tabulation of results are meaningless.
Life Lessons From the Car Guy Bob Lutz 2011
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Honeywell also produces building control and safety products, and though planning for tough economic conditions, expects to outperform its end markets thanks to a long-cycle backlog of almost $16 billion and strong commercial aerospace aftermarket business.
Honeywell Posts Loss on Pension Costs Doug Cameron 2012
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Where the real work of making a car company successful suddenly turns complex, and where the winners are separated from the losers, is in the long-cycle product development process, where short-term day-to-day metrics and the tabulation of results are meaningless.
Life Lessons From the Car Guy Bob Lutz 2011
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The company has said it is planning for challenges in the macroeconomic environment in 2012, but it expects to grow faster than the end markets it serves, thanks to a robust long-cycle backlog of almost $16 billion and strong commercial aerospace aftermarket growth.
Honeywell Files Suit Against Nest Labs Ben Fox Rubin 2012
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I never expect to call a market bottom, and certainly not for long-cycle assets like houses, but I seem to have come pretty close.
Check the Real Estate: It's Time to Delve In James B. Stewart 2010
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I never expect to call a market bottom, and certainly not for long-cycle assets like houses, but I seem to have come pretty close.
Check the Real Estate: It's Time to Delve In James B. Stewart 2010
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I never expect to call a market bottom, and certainly not for long-cycle assets like houses, but I seem to have come pretty close.
Check the Real Estate: It's Time to Delve In James B. Stewart 2010
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However, it takes 3-10 calories of feed to produce 1 calorie of meat, and there are large long-cycle carbon inputs associated with producing all that excess biomass.
Penny Herscher: Your Diet has More Climate Change Impact than your Car 2009
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"They're all long-cycle stocks, and the market just picked it up and went wild with it."
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In Quinn's case, there's no real reason she should have periods if she doesn't want to--I mean, nowadays you can go on Depo or long-cycle triphasics and only have a period every three months.
gentlemen, avert your eyes Holly 2005
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