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...ceding center stage does not come naturally to Bill. He can be simultaneously Hillary's best asset and a subtle saboteur. When they appeared together at a $1,000-a-ticket fund raiser for Hillary last summer on Nantucket in Massachusetts, his introductory remarks were longer than her speech, recalls a prominent Democrat who was there. As the guest of honor's turn to speak finally came, much of the crowd migrated to the other side of the pool to gather where her husband continued to talk...
...There is a lot of positive development outside of the U.S.," says Stuart Schweitzer, managing director and global-markets strategist at JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management. Add in the specter of towering deficits in the U.S. budget and current account, which could ultimately weaken the dollar, and the idea of diversifying overseas becomes even more attractive...
...Thailand's headmasters, it seems, sweat not such details. In fact, at least one Thai school administrator thought Karr's variegated experience an asset...
...Acutely aware that the disrupted plot has turned attention back on Britain's Muslim population, the authorities pepper their statements with calls for patience and tolerance. "Common solidarity and common cause is, I believe, now our most precious asset," Reid said, "and we should foster it in all sections of our community." The police have put extra officers on the streets to protect Muslim citizens. But anti-terror efforts have left those British Muslim communities feeling victimized and sometimes skeptical over claims by the security services, particularly after a police raid in June saw a Muslim man shot and wounded...
...Notzon, chairman of the asset-allocation committee at fund company T. Rowe Price, loves cash for the next few months and, he concedes, "We're not in love with the stock market." Yet he's holding minimal cash and boosting his exposure to stocks. Why? He's thinking long term, and after a slide, stocks have become more attractive. When it's clear the Fed is finally done boosting rates (which it may be even now), the market could rally...