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...year high largely because of surging fuel costs. Consumer prices of all stripes rose at an annualized rate of 5.2% in May--enough to take some of the fun out of shopping. But Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, is on the case. The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point last month, the 17th straight increase, in its efforts to gently brake the economy by reining in spending. Retail sales fell ever so slightly in June, according to a Commerce Department report, but consumers hoarding money just to pay for gas won't help...
...which under Australian law doesn't have to pay taxes. Then Moss went a step further: he placed the road into a listed fund, the Macquarie Infrastructure Group, which Macquarie manages for an annual fee of up to 1.25%, depending on its market value. If this fund outperforms its benchmark, Macquarie also pockets a juicy incentive fee of 15% of the profits. "It's a hedge-fund model being applied to infrastructure-asset management," says financial analyst Brian Johnson of JPMorgan Securities...
Even so, people are still going to run afoul of alligators. And while three deaths in a week establish a benchmark of horror that probably won't be repeated soon, encounters between alligators and people are bound to increase. "We're putting our lives on the line," says Hardwick, "so you can have a safe backyard...
...Brazil - especially its second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro - has seen gang rampages before. But the mayhem in Sao Paulo set an astonishing new benchmark. It erupted last week after authorities transferred 756 gang-affiliated prisoners in an attempt to thwart what they believed would be a state-wide prison rebellion on the eve of Mother's Day, when family visits often provoke unrest. The PCC's reaction was swift. On Thursday night, bandits armed with grenades and machine guns attacked police stations and left five officers dead. Over the weekend they stepped up their attacks with a series...
...European championship title match, dating back to 1992. Their portfolio of 11 stocks beat the market six out of seven times--by as many as 19 percentage points and as few as 7 percentage points. Only once did the portfolio produce a loss, falling 1.8% while the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) world index eked out a 1% gain. On average, the UBS portfolio rose 9% in the three-month periods while the MSCI index fell 1%. That's a whupping...