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...rising prices that accompanied the launch of the single currency. Merchants are accused of rounding prices up, and talk of the weather is being displaced by anecdotes about how cups of coffee have doubled in price. Some moaning is justified: in Greece, studies show, the price of an average "basket" of goods has risen 10%, and surveys in France and Italy find similar increases. According to a new study by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, the rounding also stopped deflationary price convergence across Europe this year. But things aren't as bad as they seem. Euro-zone inflation has been stable...
Here's how they work: an etf share represents a basket of stocks or bonds typically pegged to a major index such as the S&P 500 or Morgan Stanley Capital International's benchmark foreign index, eafe (Europe, Asia, Far East). There are now 102 such ETFs in the U.S., including some that target specific industries and countries. They can be bought and sold through any broker and can be traded through...
...Granted, Astaire had some pretty good songs to sing. In the 30s, eight of his recordings went to #1 on the pop charts: Cole Porter's "Night and Day," Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek," "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" and "Change Partners," Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' "The Way You Look Tonight" and "A Fine Romance," the Gershwins' "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It." He had 18 other top 10 hits from these composers, and eight more in the top 20. In a genial symbiosis...
...blueprint for any team out there," Kidd said after the Boston series. "If you get a good group of guys who believe in each other and want one another to succeed and not be selfish, and nobody cares who scores the most or who has the winning basket, good things will happen. You'll see a lot of teams play our style...
...gained a lot of confidence,” sophomore Tricia Tubridy said. “In the second OT against Cornell, she was going right to the basket...