Word: benchmark
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Being below benchmark means a lower bonus for Jack R. Meyer, the CEO and president of Harvard Management Company, which oversees the University's endowment, as well as other money managers who work...
...particular, domestic stocks fared well, outperforming their benchmark by 4 percentage points...
...megs of RAM, DVD drive and so on). It's certainly a match for the Dell Dimension XPS T500, which I wrote about in March on the heels of Intel's launch of the Pentium III. In fact, it's faster--at least, according to the specs and benchmark tests conducted by various know-it-all trade magazines. But what does that mean to me? To find out, I tried a few real-world tests. It took me 48 sec. to install Hoyle Casino (Sierra) on my otherwise comparably configured Dell, vs. 30 sec. on the Compaq. (And two minutes...
...this new era, "three steps and a stumble" has lost its magic too. Yet the theory deserves comment as an alert to the dangers of rising interest rates. Last week the Federal Reserve bumped its target for the benchmark federal-funds rate to 5.25% from 5%. It was the second such hike this summer, and many believe that the Fed will move again in October. That would fully reclaim the cuts put in place during last year's global crisis and give the Fed more room to cut rates all over again if anything goes wrong at year...
...Leadership Gift Committee (LGC) is a small subcommittee under the auspices of the SGC dedicated to soliciting donations of more than $250, the benchmark for the "leadership gift," from members of the senior class...