Word: bodes
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...Loewen Group has acquired almost $1 billion worth of additional funeral homes and cemeteries, including a stake in Rose Hills Memorial Park outside Los Angeles, the largest cemetery in North America, which Loewen acquired after outbidding SCI. The company's expansion may thrill investors but probably doesn't bode well for consumers, despite founder and ceo Raymond Loewen's penchant for describing the Loewen Group as the industry "leader in consumerism...
Three electoral trends emerged in this year's election that bode well for the Democratic Party. The first is the enduring gender gap. Women voted Democratic for Congress by a margin of 55-45 and went for Bill Clinton over Bob Dole 53-34, according to exit polls. The Republican Party will have major problems reaching out to women, particularly to working mothers. On the issues of funding for education and health care, and on the divisive issue of a woman's right to choose, Republicans fail to speak to the concerns of American women. Women now constitute a majority...
While AT&T might respond by attempting to buy a Baby Bell, any such move would raise a ruckus with regulators. In the short term, says Kevin Gooley, a telecommunications analyst for Standard & Poor's, "it doesn't bode well...
...combo spells trouble for one company. "The merger doesn't bode well for AT&T," says Kevin Gooley, an analyst with Standard & Poor's. "It is going to make it much more difficult for them to compete internationally." Consumers could benefit because the merger will probably lower prices for international calls...
...national powers. Boston University, Michigan and Minnesota each had only three players selected, as did Providence or St. Cloud State. Harvard had five, and although draft statistics don't necessarily correlate with power ratings or national rankings, Harvard's showing in the June 22 draft was impressive and may bode well for the future...