Word: periodicity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...months of 2009 saw at least 20% of the shares either voted against them or withheld. That's up from 5.5% of directors in 2008. The percentage of directors seeing at least 40% of the shares voted against them more than doubled to 2.1% from 1% during the same period. (See the top 10 financial-crisis buzzwords...
...good leadership back there,” Caples said. In addition to a strong performance from the Harvard netminder, last night’s game showed Harvard could make effective adjustments. After allowing four goals within the first 10 minutes of play and five by the end of the period, the Crimson changed its press in an attempt to contain the Connecticut offense. And for the most part, it worked. Not only did the team allow just a single goal, but also its changed style of play presented it with more offensive opportunities. Sophomore Carly Dickson tried to get things...
...casinos minted profits at an astonishing rate, but over the past year, the recession has taken its toll on bottom lines. Melco Crown, for example, swung to a loss of $179 million in the first six months of 2009, compared with a gain of $37.5 million in the same period a year earlier. Wynn's Macau operations saw net profit sink 35% in the first half of 2009. CLSA's Fischer, however, believes the industry is set for a turnaround. Cost-cutting measures implemented during the recession, he says, will help the casinos turn bigger profits amid the recovery. "Once...
...striking a chord with so many people in 2009? It's a bit of nostalgia and what's going on in Afghanistan at the moment, I suppose. With our boys going away once again to fight, it sort of got people interested in the music of the earlier period. And the schools have been teaching about the Second World War, and that causes an interest...
...pace of the match opened up in the latter minutes of the first half, and the Crimson was able to take advantage of the faster style of play, attempting its only two shots of the period. BC had 11 during the frame...