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• v  make (more) diverse
  diversify a course of study
• v  spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
• v  vary in order to spread risk or to expand

• I nagged them to diversify their portfolio -- you know, buy a bushel basket of Krugerrands and bury them in the backyard, or maybe put a few million into a mutual fund.
• The deal was the second to diversify Rockefeller holdings since 1985, when the group issued a $1.
• Although people told him to diversify, Henry Ford had developed tunnel vision.

• radiate
• branch out
• broaden

• specialise

News & Articles

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• Discover Is an 'Underappreciated Growth Story': Analyst
  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Discover Financial Services has managed to diversify its lending during a period of slow credit card growth, which is just the right formula, according to Oppenheimer analyst Ben Chittenden. Chittenden on Wednesday initiated his firm's coverage of Discover with an "outperform" rating and a 12-18 month price target of $55.00. The target implies a potential gain of 16% over ...
  June 13, 2013 - TheStreet.com
• GM's Opel to build Corsa cars in Belarus for local market
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors will build a small number of its Opel Corsa hatchbacks in Belarus from next year as its European brand seeks to diversify outside its core market. Opel, known as Vauxhall in Britain, said on Thursday that parent GM signed a deal to assemble the subcompact car from semi-finished kits at the Minsk factory of British-Belarusian company Unison. Initial plans call ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• How to Diversify in a Volatile Stock Market
  How to Diversify in a Volatile Stock Market        
  June 10, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

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• President Bush in Reuters
  It is in our vital interest to diversify America's energy supply, and the way forward is through technology,Bush said.
• Brian Billick in New York Times
  Now is the time for the challenge to diversify exports from Kenya to Brazil and to stimulate Brazilian investments in Kenya. So that is why I came, followed by a Brazilian business delegation that are interested in establishing partnerships and... Lula da Silva http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGQpUt5lB803n56mIDhQZi34MGuvA San Francisco Chronicle http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/n/a/2010/07/06/international/i050615D71.DTL%26type%3Dhealth&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGUCzdbA5LrdDO1zHL0fM8CPnUz3g Jul 6, 2010 29232 37862 diversify We're getting a dynamic back who has the potential to diversify our running game," Ravens Coach Brian Billick said.