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...think it is catching on. It's the fastest-growing sport in America. I think a lot of guys are learning to respect our game as well. Our women's Olympic team is going for its fifth gold medal...
...operating profits from Asia. While growth has plunged in some of the bank's most important regional markets, like Singapore, others have remained relatively buoyant, especially India, where StanChart has the largest branch network of any foreign bank. Its breadth across some of the region's fastest-growing economies gives it an enviable profile. StanChart "is one of the best-placed banks in the world," says Alex Potter, banking analyst at brokerage Collins Stewart in London. "It had high profits in its home markets and didn't need to chase high-risk products...
...online-gaming world's fastest-growing segments - multiplayer role-playing games and social games - are increasingly generating impressive revenues from tiny transactions. Most role-playing games, or RPGs, originally relied primarily on subscriptions for income. The enormously popular World of Warcraft series remains subscription-based. But the trend is the free-to-play, or "freemium," model. Under this system, gamers can play as long as they want at no cost, but they usually find the games are more entertaining when they pay small fees to outfit their characters with virtual weapons, useful tools and other accessories. The popular virtual world...
...Washington Putting the Emergency Back in Emergency Room According to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, wait times in ERs across the nation are at worrying lengths. Largely because of overcrowding, patients can languish twice as long as recommended by medical associations; those in need of the fastest attention may wait nearly half an hour for care...
...Most of our stories aren’t fit for print,” Askew said.But they knew when to give up sorority sisters for the practice field.“We trained hard,” Birch said. “We may not have been the fastest team or the strongest team, but we were smart. And we knew how to play and put the ball where we wanted it to go.”But they did have a few technical hurdles to overcome. “I didn’t even know the rules...