Word: overlapping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...price-cutting competitor gets vanquished. And International Paper's stock looks that much better, knowing it won't have to compete with Union Camp. Both companies can strip sales, marketing and technology spending out of the budgets of their prey. It is remarkable how much duplication and overlap can exist among competitors, enabling both companies to pay substantial premiums over what the marketplace was willing to pay for the stand-alone entities...
Watch How Funds Overlap...
When it comes to diversification, many mutual-fund investors fool themselves. Funds with very different names and objectives often hold the same stocks. Now, thanks to a new software program called Overlap ($150 a year; 800-683-7527), fund fanatics can ferret out duplication. Type in any two funds, and the program shows what percentage of stocks they hold in common and their overlap in various sectors like technology...
Dean's case seems common. Students said one reason they don't plan to dual submit when they are assigned papers is that few courses at the College overlap to the extent where dual submission is possible...
Dual submission is seen as a risk by students, but well worth it if classes overlap. And few Faculty members disagree with the policy. Many said that if coursework for two classes overlap, it reasonable that one paper will logically fill two requirements...