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• n  the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
  my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments
  he limited his losses by diversification of his product line
• n  the condition of being varied; every day it is the same"
  that restaurant's menu lacks diversification

• The cost-cutting boosted earnings and fueled the firm's next phase--diversification.
• Iskenderian: Product diversification came out of a recognition that lending alone is not the solution if our end goal is long-term poverty alleviation, which is why we in the .
• Dairyland Farm World, a farm-turned-theme-park in southwestern England, has gone down the diversification route.

• variegation

News & Articles

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• Pfizer not off the hook for asbestos case
  Diversifying a business can make sense, but Wednesday presented an example of diversification gone awry. Pfizer Inc. is the world leader in selling prescription medicine and has a big operation in Collegeville. But part of its legion of lawyers was in ...
  June 27, 2013 - MedCity News
• Drugmaker Pfizer fails to escape costly asbestos case
  Diversifying a business can make sense, but Wednesday presented an example of diversification gone awry. Pfizer Inc. is the world leader in selling prescription medicine and has a big operation in Collegeville. But part of its legion of lawyers was in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan handling a $964 million settlement fund of cash and assets for some - but not all - people claiming harm ...
  June 27, 2013 - Philly.com
• The Wrong Kind Of Diversification
  Asset class diversification is a good thing because it lowers the potential for a large loss. However, diversifying actively managed mutual funds within an asset class is a bad thing because it decreases the already low probability for outperforming a comparable portfolio of all index funds. If you can?t buy index funds, then pick one active fund per asset class and hope for the best.
  June 24, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Chase Carey in Linex Legal (registration)
  Explaining the rationale behind the offer, News Corp. COO Chase Carey told reporters that his company would benefit by "increasing the geographic diversification of our earnings base, reducing our exposure to cyclical advertising revenues and...
• John Varley in Bloomberg
  The deal, which requires legal and regulatory approval, "accelerates the execution of our strategy of diversification by geography and business in pursuit of profitable growth on behalf of our shareholders," Varley said in the statement.
• Jim Balsillie in Reuters Canada
  This outperformance was driven by the strong product cycle we're in the midst of, as well as the diversification of our user base across multiple geographies and multiple market segments,RIM co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie said during a...