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...FEWER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES This global economic slowdown could be with us for years. That means firms have fewer chances for growth, no matter how much they reinvest. They can still use cash to buy back stock. But in a persistent bear market, a more certain way to reward shareholders is to raise the dividend...
...that all these would come at a cost, the Bush Administration also sensed an opportunity. Officials saw a strategic opening, a chance for a new round of realpolitik, which might knit together the U.S., Russia, China and India in the fight against terror--a partnership, however fragile, that could bear other fruit. A huge dividend came last week, when Russian President Vladimir Putin eased his opposition to NATO expansion...
...death at this level. Some never expected to be." But even officers like William Durm, the Pentagon's chief dentist, who headed the first triage units at the scene of the attack and who has been in the Navy for 25 years, admit the emotion can be difficult to bear. "During the rescue," says Durm, "there was no time to process what was happening. It was later, when I had to pull dental records for identification and some of the victims were people I knew--I had performed root canals on a few of them--that the trauma really...
...next few months, to be sure, the nation's prospects aren't promising. John Ryding, senior economist at Bear Stearns, contends that for all practical purposes, the economy fell into recession a year ago, largely as a result of the Federal Reserve Board's "assault on the equity markets" through interest-rate hikes. And since May, the message of the markets has been that economists "were essentially wrong" in forecasting a third-quarter recovery, says Hugh Johnson, chief investment strategist at First Albany Corp. The terror attacks of Sept. 11, our panelists agree, will trigger at least two quarters...
Karin was quickly extracted from beneath the lion, named Mano, who joined them for tea. According to Karin, Mano “subsequently stayed close to me throughout tea, lying at my feet like a cuddly bear.” Karin cautions us never to run in the sight of lions. Will do. If she has another encounter with a feline friend, Karin will try to remain still. Karin has one more comment: “It would have been great of someone to alert us to the presence of the lion in the garden.” We?...