Word: broking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...subjects of Michael Lewis' books are normally the best at what they do. In Liar's Poker, he laid bare the freewheeling culture of Wall Street bond traders; in Moneyball, he broke down the statistical alchemy of managing a pro-baseball team. In his latest book, however, his subject is far humbler, and has much to be humble about. Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood is a memoir of Lewis' own first steps (and missteps) as a father - one who shirks diaper-changing, passes out drunk as his wife prepares to deliver their second child and ponders whether most...
...April, the Department of Justice launched its own investigation to see if the deal broke antitrust laws. And this week, opponents were elated when the DOJ appeared to step up its scrutiny by issuing civil investigative demands, or CIDs, demanding additional information from Google and other parties...
...genial but refined way, Federer has spent a career making the extremely difficult look easy, whether it be winning tennis matches or the admiration of fellow athletes. In 2004, when Blake broke his neck during a practice session at a tournament in Rome, the American ended up alone in a hospital, cared for by people speaking a language he didn't understand. The one note of support from a fellow player he received came from Federer. "I had only played him two or three times," Blake says. "But he was thinking of me, and knowing I was alone...
...Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, National Security Council officials on the Iran file under the Bush Administration (who later publicly broke with and denounced its policies) argue on Politico.com that "the shock of the 'Iran experts' [in the U.S.] over Friday's [election] results is entirely self-generated, based on their preferred assumptions and wishful thinking." They remind readers that Ahmadinejad was generally agreed to have a commanding lead in the polls two weeks before voting and that his combative performance in the televised debates had boosted his standing and demoralized the opposition. They sketch the sociology...
...those votes. "Ahmadinejad is a man of the people. He dresses like them, talks like them, and isn't resented for having too much money," said Massoud, a 31-year-old supporter at the President's rally Sunday. "Those TV debates, in which he, for the first time, broke the taboo on old-guard revolutionaries stealing the people's money won him at least another 5 million votes...