Word: lighter
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...years after it opened, AIM now boasts more than 1,100 listings; last year alone, more than 300 companies were quoted, twice as many as in the previous year. The attraction for cash-hungry minnows is obvious. Firms don't need to produce a trading record, and benefit from lighter regulation. But while AIM makes raising capital easy, investors are having to tread carefully. Many companies floated on AIM are shells - listed businesses with no physical operation - or mining and exploration firms aiming to capitalize on booming energy prices, but with no income. So as long as small-cap exchanges...
...conversation soon shifted to a lighter note. Inquiring about the optional nature of the practice, she relayed that many members of the team were busy catching up on sleep and work...
...ribaldry. It’s similar to the recent Harvard production of the comedist’s “Mostellaria:” the two cover comparable ground of debauchery and deception, although “Forum” captures the spirit of the Roman playwright with a lighter comedic touch. The play’s exaggerated action and sheer silliness lend it a certain tongue-in-cheek tone, which alternately creates and defuses tension each moment...
Millions of pleasantly plump Americans were stepping a little lighter. A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had just concluded that folks who are overweight but not obese are at no greater risk of dying prematurely than people of normal weight. You could almost hear the national sigh of relief in the newspaper articles, radio talk shows and monologues of late-night comedians that followed. "I can't tell you how happy this makes me," David Brooks wrote in the New York Times, which devoted a front-page story, an editorial and two Op-Ed pieces...
Navigating airports is easy with Victorinox's new Lingo Collection (available in June), which includes the 22-in. Medium Cruiser at right ($230). An ergonomically designed rotating handle allows your arm to turn without capsizing the whole bag, and it's 20% lighter than most suitcases. --By Betsy Kroll