Word: grab
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...rise in the dual nature of data is where the analyst's ability to forecast gets more difficult. When unemployment, consumer confidence, GDP, manufacturing, and capital expenditures are all falling simultaneously, it is hard to find optimists, but they will grab even the slightest bit of ambiguous information and claim that the recovery is underway...
...restructure AIG's core businesses into "clearly separate, independent" companies that are "worthy of investor confidence." AIG has "made meaningful progress," but the company is still at the mercy of the economy. In the businesses it wants to keep, like commercial insurance, competitors sense an opportunity to grab market share. For the assets it wants to sell, there are few buyers. What remains is still a huge, vulnerable company...
...nearing 2 a.m. last night and Lamont Café, the social headquarters of the freshman class, was abuzz with angst. As I sauntered over to the barista to grab a study break snack, I couldn’t help but notice feisty premeds pounding numbers into past problem-sets to prepare for their last mid-term exams. Wannabe MBAs were schmoozing in the basement, and on the steps outside, anyone too alt to function was smoking American Spirits and counting down to spring break. But if there was one thing in the back of every freshman mind in Lamont last...
Hungry students looking to grab a bite in Maxwell Dworkin will soon have to search elsewhere, as the building’s café will cease operations starting this Friday...
Currently, the café, located on the building’s first floor, offers Starbucks coffee, Tazo teas, breakfast pastries, freshly made grab-n-go sandwiches and salads, soups, packaged snacks, and bottled beverages. In addition, there is a 24-hour Crimson Cash-operated self-serve espresso bar for cappuccinos and lattes...