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...been on Telemundo 'cause I'm half Colombian. I have not been on BET, but that's just because I'm especially pale right now. Cable is like commercial theater used to be. It has become the proving grounds...
...sounds very high-minded, and we'll bet Sir Ridley makes that old armor shine like titanium. But if his knights don't enliven your film summer, you can always joust with George Lucas' Jedi in the last installment of a certain other epic...
Andrew: Although Chris is probably right that this cereal tastes like a natural disaster in your mouth, I’d bet that it could be useful to make rope…or something…if you ever were lost in a forest or natural park. Hemp is supposedly pretty versatile. And as for the music Phish has created over the years…I don’t really listen to it, but the fact that they’re making it, I respect that...
Pension managers have come to see hedge funds as their salvation in a deadly period for stocks and bonds. Stocks have lost money over the past five years, and with interest rates rising, bonds are seen as a poor bet. "Pension managers simply cannot afford this kind of setback," says Kevin Mirabile, a managing director in the hedge-fund group at Barclays Capital. The typical pension manager counts on annual returns of 8% or more to meet obligations. That's been a nearly impossible standard since the market peaked, and the nation's pension shortfall has widened to $350 billion...
...survey by Fidelity Investments, 56% of pension managers who invest in nontraditional vehicles like hedge funds conceded they did not fully comprehend the risks. Those risks include the high hurdle of arguably extortionate fees and long periods during which you cannot get your money back, in addition to potential bet-the-farm borrowing...