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...MSFT) said its last quarter was bad, and looking out over the next six months, its businesses will probably deteriorate further. With sharp personnel cuts and the sale of its video game operation, the fortunes at the world's largest software company could rapidly change and the stock could outperform the market. Of course, management may be stubborn and there may be no restructuring at all. (See pictures of Bill Gates: The Early Years...
...disappointing 18-9 loss to Nittany Lions. The top performance came in the sabre, where rookie Valentin Staller went an impressive 11-1. Ungar followed him up as a close second, and co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter was third-best with an 8-4 record. The women continued to outperform the men, demolishing Vassar 22-5, the Violets 21-6, the Owls 18-9, and Princeton 17-10. The lone loss came against fencing juggernaut Penn State 17-10. The foil squad led the way again, with co-captain Emily Cross posting an undefeated, 15-0 mark. She was followed...
...aspect of Drew’s psyche. We: A disciple of Harvard. Drew transfers the Herculean tasks of sacrifice and reinvention onto this mythic figure. We devotes himself to his master with fanatical zeal. ENDOWMENT: A powerful man paranoid about loosing influence. Fixated on his size and ability to outperform. Open to psychological readings. Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Financial Hardship as Environmental Calamity: Drew’s narrative appeals to the heart and senses as well as the mind. With an “economic landscape” experiencing “seismic financial shocks,” the narrator...
...less schooling really lead to better-prepared students at an earlier age? Outside of the U.S., it's actually a far less radical notion than it sounds. Dozens of industrialized countries expect students to be college-ready by age 16, and those teenagers consistently outperform their American peers on international standardized tests. (See pictures of the college dorm room's evolution...
...market today are for the most part valuable entities, and the employees of many of them will find ways to make them even more valuable in the future - something that cannot be said of gold or real estate or baseball cards, which is why stocks can be expected to outperform all of those assets over time. It stands to reason that it's better to buy into stocks at today's prices than at those that prevailed a year ago. But it's also possible that they'll be even cheaper next year...