Word: factly
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...Rochdale Securities, who had been recommending Citi's shares since the summer, downgraded the stock on news that it was going to repay TARP from a "buy" to a "sell" rating. "What does it do for the company? Management can increase [executive] salaries," says Bove, referring to the fact that Citi will now be free of the government's compensation rules. "What else? Nothing...
...relationship with the press has been strained - some might say tortured - thus far. She is known for taking only a handful of queries after campaign events before being whisked away, and her press handlers aren't shy about interrupting her conversations with journalists. Her opponents scream about the fact that she won't debate them; they have already faced off four times, while Whitman has committed to just one debate in March. "She's clearly one of those people who likes to study and study an issue, really have an in-depth comfort zone with something, and then move forward...
Less than one year ago, Israel launched its attack on Gaza, in which over 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed. According to the report of the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by preeminent South African jurist Justice Richard Goldstone, Israel deliberately targeted civilians during the attack. Among other things, Israeli forces deliberately targeted educational institutions, destroying or damaging at least 280 schools and kindergartens during...
...That description, in fact, fits all the Americans who have been accused of terrorism-related activities since Zazi's arrest. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged with killing 13 of his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas, is a psychiatrist and Army major. David Coleman Headley, who allegedly plotted to bomb a Danish newspaper and has been implicated in the Mumbai attacks, is a Chicago businessman. And the five young Virginia men who were detained in Pakistan last week have only their youth in common with Zazi: two are sons of businessmen, and the group's supposed leader, Ramy Zamzam...
...crowd could get a good look. An aide would later say that Berlusconi, 73, instinctively wanted to assure everyone that he was all right. You might also imagine that the embattled leader was eager for the world to see that - thanks to his haters - he was in fact not all right...