Word: blinkings
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...Given Li's record as a dealmaker and the company's solid balance sheet, many of Hutchison Whampoa's minority shareholders are giving Li the benefit of the doubt, despite the swirling pessimism. Indeed, management conviction seems to be the only thing that matters?and few expect Li to blink. "3G is a long-term investment for them," says Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at research firm IDC. At least until they get a better offer...
...where people establish eye contact in the streets. People actually look at each other, not discreetly, not at a distance, not in a casual sort of way, but directly. The eyes meet, the energy is transferred, connection occurs. This eye contact generates a transaction: a smile, a grin, a blink or a friendly word...
...NACAC needs them a hell of a lot more than they need NACAC,” he said. “If it’s a blinking match, I’ll tell you who will blink first. [NACAC membership] is not considered to be the Holy Grail. There’s talk that a lot of colleges are going to pull...
...them: school portraits or family snapshots reproduced on blurry newsprint or flickering TV screens. The parents hold up the pictures at press conferences and tell their sad, familiar stories: one minute the child was there--in a bedroom, a store, a car seat--and then, in the blink of an eye, she wasn't. Please help us find her. Call this number. Contact the FBI. And sometimes it works. Someone recognizes the photo--the ponytail, the freckles, the wide brown eyes--and the stolen child is found and rescued. Sometimes...
REFINANCE YOUR HOME. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.38% last week, reports mortgage tracker HSH Associates. That's down from 6.59% at the lowest point last fall--a level gone in a blink. This time rates look as if they will stay put for a few months. Consider a home-equity loan to pay off the mortgage; it amounts to a refi with fewer fees. Best bet: a 15-year fixed-rate. If you have a $150,000 balance at 7.5% on a 30-year mortgage, you could switch to a 15-year...