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Well, I think what we said -- well, I don't know what normal spreads are to be honest with you. So spreads should be a function of people's expectations of defaults and people's expectations of -- and I'm not sure what the rest of the world thinks about this. This is how it should work. Spreads are compensation for people take credit risk. Spread should be a function of the expectations for default and the losses given defaults. And so as people's perception of defaults go up and people's perception of the -- that recoveries go down and so there is credit losses, that spread should go up to compensate lenders or investors.

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Excellent communication skills—such as active listening, asking questions and following up—play an important role in account management. With providers migrating to more cash and retail sales, you may find that team members with previous retail or account management experience and advanced customer service skills are real assets in showroom and phone interactions.

Li said he believes Panda Selected has a local advantage that money can’t buy. “Opening shared kitchens requires local expertise,” he said. “Regulations are different in each country.”

Simplicity is the defining trend. Consumers demand great usability and purpose. The best innovations will be those that can break down barriers and deliver functions that combine convenience and usefulness in everyday life. Tencent’s mini-programs within WeChat typify this – at the end of 2018 it had 200 million daily users and a million apps covering everything from e-commerce to coupons to membership programs and event management. Great functionality that shows tech is everyday, for everyone, in every way.

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For the quarter, if we are able to isolate the unrealized losses related to credit spread movement of $0.23 per share, and unrealized gains related to our interest rate swap of $0.10 per share, our annualized Q4 ROE on net income calculates to 8.5%. Similarly for the full year, if we are able to isolate the impact of Q4 spread movement and the full year cumulative unrealized losses related to our interest rate swaps of $0.03 per share, our 2018 ROE on net income calculates to 13.2%.

As we saw in 2018, connected TV in China is crucial to reaching consumers at scale and with emotional impact. Western companies need to move fast to capitalize on this development. We recently signed partnerships with Tencent Social Ads, Baidu Exchange Services and Alibaba’s video streaming service, Youku to help global marketers reach Chinese consumers through display, mobile, video and native advertising campaigns.

But lest you think appointments are a purely partisan exercise, it looks like the government has also appointed former Labor MP David Cox.

Although I was pleasantly surprised to be presented with better flight options, the main reason I'd taken my travel plans to a travel agent was because the company accepted Q Card and I was able to pay off my flights and hotels over three months, interest free.

The Portland Timbers have acquired right-back Jorge Moreira on loan from River Plate with an option to purchase.

That Pinterest has a new analytics tool is a great step for the platform, but it must look at offering more depth, say marketers...