Perhaps Jersey Shore can offer astute traders a glimpse of some emerging investment trends.
Through a carefully-managed image, the 31-year-old star shows she can do it all by portraying herself as a sexy performer, an astute businesswoman, a dutiful wife and loving mother and a girl-next-door from Texas.
That 60% debt-to-GDP figure is generally regarded by astute investors as a reasonable and sustainable level of debt.
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On paper, at least, the Astute class is a significant step forward.
Politically, the move was an astute one by a beleaguered chancellor desperate to woo the sabre-rattling unions and rally his rebellious troops behind him before the Social Democrats' party congress.
Although I would not dispute the need for the four qualities you put forward, the words you use to explain them in this article suggests to me a cold astute clinical clever person who has identified the factors of a successful formula and applies it rigorously in a process way to people and things.
Combine that with political force and you enable a politically astute, well-meaning but economically-illiterate faction to create a financial death-spiral.
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As the chief crony during Marcos's 20-year reign, Cojuangco acquired a fearsome reputation as an astute political adviser to the strongman and a resourceful businessman who gobbled up large corporations.
Yet Mr Mubarak's move may prove more of an astute tactical concession than a serious reform.
According to the Associated Press, Bergoglio has demonstrated both an astute political sensibility and a sense of humility.
However, the home team made it 3-0 soon after the break for the third, as Richardson ran clear after Rossi's astute touch and rifled a fine shot past Saul Deeney.
Still, some reckon that a bid could prove a politically astute move for Sumitomo Mitsui.
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For astute handicappers, that was a sign that the colt was rounding into top form.
Mr Blair is that rarest of creatures: a strategically astute politician capable of inspiring trust.
And should that change, for whatever business reason, I mean, you obviously are a very astute observer of the business world.
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He is a an astute politician, trained at the Mitterand graduate school of French socialism, where he learned to use dual language.
From my perspective, it does seem like a very astute prediction.
While this is a very astute approach by China, it will dramatically weaken the ability of the foreign automobile companies to compete in the China market.
On the idea versus commercialization issue, Winklevoss, speaking to Fast Company, says Facebook (or ConnectU) did not need to be guided by astute entrepreneurs to grow into a 500 million membership club.
The deal takes the two hunters to a notorious plantation called Candyland, and takes the story into a wickedly astute parody of antebellum drama, with all of its lace and grace and happy slaves.
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Perhaps it is not too much to hope, though, that some of those reports might shed light on two deeper questions: why did such a technologically astute industry not see fit to develop such useful equipment before it was needed, rather than after?
The vision of creating a nation of astute portfolio managers, each responsible for successfully directing his own investments took hold.
Is the astute investor hunkering down, expecting a southbound equity correction in the coming months due to the ongoing budgetary battle in Washington?
The Corporation has staved off execution through a series of clever concessions and ensured its present prosperity by a series of astute political alliances.
Of course, astute buyers will have known for a while now that the smart money this coming season is on flats, of almost every color and shape.
"He's a sophisticated, astute businessman, and yet he was caught up with these trusts, " sighs the Bloomfield Hills, Mich. attorney, who talked his client out of this one.
Even HSBC, a British bank with a sterling reputation, ingrained prudence and a history of astute acquisitions has stumbled in recent years when entering markets where unfamiliarity prevented it from bringing these traits to bear.
The insidious double standard remains, with no sign of abating: the Fed, the main source of so many of our current financial woes, is still seen by most as a force for good in the world, as a prescient and astute regulator dedicated to systemic safety and soundness.
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