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...determined are the key players to grow by acquisition that they will look for deals anywhere. Should Spanish government-backed Gas Natural triumph in the scrap for Endesa - it may yet beef up its original bid to compete with E.ON's all-cash offer - the German group may switch its attention instead to the British market. That's in part thanks to a U.K. government that's "pretty relaxed" about letting power providers join up with foreign suitors, says Hendrik Van Brevoort, a utilities analyst with Putnam Investment in London. "They take the attitude, it's a regulated industry ... whoever...
...Beef jerky. Jerky...
...million, federal experts say, so in mid-2002, the White House assigned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to secure the nation's chemical plants. The EPA and the fledgling White House Office of Homeland Security spent months developing a legislative package requiring the chemical industry to beef up security. In March 2003 a dozen senior Administration officials met in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House to put the finishing touches on what they considered a major initiative...
...same motivations that fuel today’s rap battles are shared by those in the rock world—the stress of life in the spotlight, the diva-ish tendencies of celebrities—and result in trashed vans, fistfights, and verbal bouts.The most primal musical beef is that of the theft or “turf” feud: admonishment for stealing a style, lyrics or even a whole genre. The rap world is full of MCs claiming to suffer from “jacked” or “bitten” rhymes.The Sugarhill Gang?...
...minimum, now is a good time to rebalance: sell some of your small stocks or small-stock funds that have done well and beef up your exposure to large caps. But be careful: not all big stocks are bargains, no matter how far they may have fallen. GM, for example, could end up in bankruptcy. And be patient: stocks that are out of favor rarely turn on cue. But they do turn. The trick is being there when they do. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Large-Cap Funds Worth a Look Fund Returns 1 year...