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...thanks to the aggressive hedging strategy he put in place several years ago. The industry overall lost about $4 billion as a result of higher oil prices last year; in contrast, Southwest's hedging reduced its energy costs by $455 million, helping bump its 2004 earnings to $313 million. According to Vaughn Cordle of Airline Forecasts, oil would have to shoot past an average of $65.30 per bbl. this year to affect Southwest's bottom line--not a likely scenario. "You have to have foresight, wisdom and some courage to hedge," says Tammy Romo, Southwest's treasurer...
...under an authoritarian state. Whatever his motives, Chen has given one regime a slap in the face, while presenting the other with a highly visible test of its values, humanity and independence. You can bet the political pragmatists are working overtime in Canberra and Beijing to flatten out this bump in the road...
...Cloned human beings are merely a science-fiction fantasy. I can assure you that on this globe, you'll never bump into a cloned human being, at least within 100 years." HWANG WOO SUK, South Korean scientist who last year was the first to clone a human embryo, on the state of the controversial technology...
...early hopes withered in the midseason stretch. The squad hit a bump as it lost its first away game to Fairfield. Harvard actually outshot Fairfield by a two-to-one margin but couldn’t find the net, losing...
...sole loss coming to Stanford—a feat that earned the team a No. 18 national ranking. The team then fell to No. 16 Clemson and No. 4 Northwestern in close 4-3 decisions. After taking an impressive 5-2 win over No. 9 North Carolina to bump its ranking to No. 7, Harvard dropped decisions against No. 30 Alabama and No. 49 South Alabama...