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...transition has gone pretty well,” Brian added. “It’s still a big jump [from high school to college]. I’m starting to get the hang of things, get the plays down, watching film, [and] talking to the coaches. It’s going pretty well right...
...said, 'Yeah, I'd like to do that, but don't ask me when.' Then exactly a year ago I fell downstairs and smashed my ankle badly. I was a lousy patient. It was bad enough not being Taoiseach and now to be told that now I had to hang around with a cast and crutches. So I got a notebook and started working. (Read "Rogue Journalist: Joel Stein writes his memoirs Palin-style...
...Then there is Phibro. Based in Westport, Conn., the unit was originally included among the businesses that Citi wanted to hang on to. And for good reason: Phibro has been profitable every year since 1997, averaging a gain of nearly $400 million a year for the past half-decade. But earlier this year, it was revealed that the head of that unit, Andrew Hall, had been paid $100 million for his work in 2008 and was set to get a similarly large check for 2009. Citigroup is subject to government-imposed pay caps as a term of the financial...
...with just a business plan, raise money in an IPO and then spin the company off to somebody without ever even renting office space," says Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. Those quick-buck days are long gone as venture capitalists and others are now prepared to hang on to an investment for up to eight years...
...What inspires current deals is an almost desperate need for growth. Many computer giants are struggling with declining sales and profit margins as consumers and businesses hang on to their PC systems and laptops longer, and view software upgrades as a luxury. Also, companies are being forced to slash prices on computers and related equipment to compete with cheaper products being produced in low-cost economies like China. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...