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...husband and I are half a world apart, all I can do for now is rest and exercise, and learn to relinquish the spotlight - to one of my bridesmaids who just got engaged. It'll be worth it, as I know the high point of her wedding roller coaster will be another rockin' dance party...
...months ahead until all of the 150,000 U.S. troops now in Iraq will will be gone by New Year's Day 2012, leaving behind only a Marine guard unit of the type that protects U.S. embassies all over the world. Like kids getting set to take a roller coaster ride, the U.S. military is about to forfeit a lot of control over their fate in Iraq in the next three years. (See pictures of five years of U.S. troops in Iraq...
...With the stock market shedding more than a third of its value this year, pension funds at big companies have been battered beyond recognition. What looked like safe stowaway spots where corporations securely tucked away assets for their employees' retirements now look like roller-coaster funds. In addition to sending shivers up the spines of employees who count on that income, the problem also threatens to haunt the bottom line at many major firms. Williams says some may be forced to consider mergers to accumulate bigger asset bases or may have to sell off strategic assets...
...weak mandate, shaky popularity, a fractured party behind him and a Democratic majority on the Hill. Lurching left on domestic policy, veering right in his speeches, promising to end the war in Vietnam even as he escalated the bombing, Nixon infuriated his critics and confounded his allies. The roller coaster finally ended with his landslide re-election just as he was stepping off a cliff into disgrace...
...think you've been on a roller coaster ride watching your brokerage account, spend some time with the professional traders, platform operators, and stock exchange executives who deal with stock prices on a minute-by-minute basis. At Thursday's volatility conference, held at City University of New York's Baruch College, some of the people closest to the market swapped stories of operating in such a harried environment. "Everything happens so quickly now, you don't have time to digest it," said Tim Mahoney, CEO of Bids Trading, an order execution firm, speaking from the dais. "I'm grateful...