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...When Enron was relegated to junk bond status the next morning, he opted out. "If there was any hope of the merger, that put a nail in the coffin," he says. As part of the agreement, he exercised Dynegy's option to take Enron's 16,500-mile pipeline in return for its investment of $1.5 billion plus assumption of $950 million in debt on the Northern Natural Gas system. Watson told TIME that he is confident the deal was "very carefully crafted" to avoid any risk. "It is an entity immune from bankruptcy proceedings. I expect...
...only one we're seeing. The stock market has been quietly rallying. Initial public offerings of stock remain few, but those getting to market are being snapped up fast for the first time since the last gasp of Internet mania in early 2000. And the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond, a proxy for mortgage rates, shot from 4.17% to 5% in a blink. Higher rates are a burden to borrowers--but one that usually precedes a stronger economy. "The worst is over," declares Mark Zandi, chief economist at Economy.com...
...times, the indicators pointing to recovery are emanating from Wall Street, even as investment firms are mired in an extended round of layoffs. Head count will be down 5% this year. Still, the Street is plainly forecasting better times. The rise in long-term interest rates indicates that bond traders expect higher demand for credit in the next six to nine months as consumers and businesses resume spending. The stock market too tends to rise ahead of the economy; led by cyclical stocks like Alcoa and DuPont, the Dow is up 21%, closing last week at 9960, a decisive shift...
...career advancement. Planners often advise investors to hold as little of their employer's stock as they can--say, only the amount the company gives them as a matching contribution. Then they should shift assets out of even that matching stock into a mix of diversified stock-and-bond mutual funds as soon as they are old enough to do so. Similarly, if your employer gives you options to buy company stock, don't buy and hold the stock; cash it in and invest the proceeds in a diverse blend of stocks and bonds or mutual funds...
Though Butt was born in Pakistan, she was educated at the Massachusetts College of Art. The exhibition statement explains that through her art, Butt “searches for a common bond...between the two cultures [of Pakistan and the U.S.].” It continues, “For Ambreen, home is not a location, but a place where she finds comfort—a place where she is free to live in the world of her intellect.” One hopes that this statement references Butt’s larger body of work, as the current exhibition...