Word: analysts
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...years, Richard Pierre found job candidates on popular work-search websites with postings for positions like a $70,000-a-year gig to be a programmer analyst in Toronto. The problem: Pierre wasn't an employer but a huckster who wound up stealing personal information from dozens of job seekers, fraudulently opening 44 credit cards and racking up some $300,000 in charges...
...vehicles, however, some competitors and observers object to the government assistance. These cars will compete for a relatively small pool of buyers, who can afford expensive, sporty cars, says an official with a foreign carmaker. "It's all about boys and their toys," adds Joseph Phillippi, an independent auto analyst from Short Hills, N.J. "They should have written their own checks instead of going to the government...
...issue. "I don't think people are looking for a fight they're going to lose," she says. She predicts little fuss, except from "back benchers." How much of a political issue the bill will create won't be known for some time. Jennifer E. Duffy, political analyst and editor with the Cook Political Report, says any political grist for Republicans will probably depend on the level of opposition in Congress and how the issue is raised. Republicans could look for allies within the ranks of conservative Democrats to try to bring the bill to a vote in Congress...
...year, and foresees growing to between 5,000 and 7,000 stores down the road. But will an extreme discounter like Dollar Tree suffer when the economic winds move against you? "I do think Dollar Tree is a beneficiary of people trading down," says Laura Champine, an analyst at Cowen & Co. "When the economy recovers, I believe its growth will slow...
...Dollar Tree seems to have a knack for good timing. "They saw the recession coming," says Brent Rystrom, analyst at Feltl & Co., "and started selling more non-discretionary consumable products like food and health and beauty items." The store now sells Hormel sausages and Green Giant frozen vegetables, and over 1,200 of its stores now have refrigeration units. Now, in anticipation of an economic uptick, Rystrom is seeing Dollar Tree shift back to more discretionary items like decorations and toys, which tend to offer higher margins...