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...quarters of this year, revenue has dropped nearly 2% year over year. New overseas markets like Mexico are a gamble that will determine whether the chain continues to grow or stagnates in a domestic market where more diners are eating in and a tight lending environment is making it difficult to open new locations. The company's partners in Mexico and the Middle East are financing the cost of the new restaurants, though P.F. Chang's will earn up-front territory fees and royalties from sales...
...public figure can win a defamation claim if he proves that an individual person or media outlet published something about him with so-called actual malice - knowing it was false or with reckless disregard for the truth. This standard offers considerable protection for media outlets; actual malice is difficult to prove. A private figure has a somewhat easier case. He just has to prove that a reporter or blogger was negligent in publishing a falsehood...
...suggests these projected costs are wildly exaggerated. Other provisions of the bill are aimed at lowering insurance rates. But the legislation has not yet been fully analyzed by congressional bean counters, and it has so many unquantifiable parts that even some of its proponents admit that hard numbers are difficult to nail down. "It's impossible to figure out what the bottom-line impact is," says a Finance-panel aide. (See 10 players in health-care reform...
...McGill’s a smart team, and when the goalie’s playing that well, it can make it awfully difficult to feel good about generating shots,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “We had plenty of opportunities, and obviously our power play needs to be more effective, but there are certainly a few positives that came out of the game...
...Even though we had the puck in their zone a lot, they made it very difficult,” Donato said. “[McGill] looks like they’re a little bit further advanced right now in their season than us, but I was happy with the way our guys persevered, and I thought we really had a great sense of urgency in the second half of the game...