"By now, they'll have been cut and polished, their shape and size changed without altering the value too much and nobody will be able to trace them back to the original gems," Dominguez explains.
"But before we took that leap off the precipice we assessed the packaging and decided it could be done in a way that would not harm the value too much.
The financial industry and many multinational corporations have created huge wealth for a few by focussing too much on short-term profit and too little on long-term value — too much on complex trading schemes and stock buybacks, too little on investments in new businesses, jobs, and fair compensation.
When she announced her candidacy she criticised the "financial industry" and "multinational corporations" that have "created huge wealth for a few by focusing too much on short-term profit and too little on long-term value, too much on complex trading schemes and stock buy-backs, too little on investments in new businesses, jobs and fair compensation".
Digitimes says that Shih noted that an enterprise's operating strategy should focus on allowing all its partners to enjoy profits and reach a balance, but some US enterprises value too much their own interests, ignoring the profitability of their upstream suppliers, channel retail partners and consumers, causing their operations to be unable to last long.
There is not, however, any accompanying messages about what it actually takes to make money or any discussion of the problems that come from valuing too much the acquisition of wealth.
The European Central Bank, by contrast, continues to escalate its monetary stimulus efforts, leading some to worry that the dollar could appreciate in value too much relative to the euro, hurting U.S. manufacturing and creating other risks for the global economy.
The neck is an area which is one of the least valuable in the beef carcass and even a great deal of trimming and wastage will not reduce its value too much.
He'll be less likely to knock the trade-in value too much, hopefully only charging you his cost to fix the problem, which is much less than you'd pay a mechanic to fix it.
