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...college graduates. Buffett doesn't need to require a college degree because what he is looking for can be measured in ways that are even more concrete and downright mathematical: an ability to generate large returns on investments. Why would any potential employer care if a gifted stock picker had gone to college...
...communities, only a handful of leaders seem prepared to acknowledge the danger of the immigration racket. As Edward Murphy, the director of a refugee support charity in Liverpool explained, "There are four reasons people don't want to mess with these gangs: your limbs." One survivor of the cockle picker tragedy, Lin Guo, gave evidence from behind a screen in the courtroom as his family in China, who live in the same village as Lin Liang Ren's relatives, had already been threatened and his father beaten. Perhaps Little Lin, on the coast of China, dreaming of a restaurant...
...Still, many AIM participants say only so much risk can be regulated out of the system. AIM is "still a stock picker's market," says Nick Bayley, head of trading services at the LSE. "This isn't a market for widows and orphans." Investors prepared to do their homework are bullish. "The prospects for AIM look as good or better than they've ever looked," says Patrick Evershed, a fund manager at New Star Asset Management in London. Vycon's Aoun encourages firms to consider AIM, but with a caveat. "This is no minor undertaking," he says. "Be ready...
...friendly companies. Winslow has returned an average 16.39% over the past five years, according to Morningstar, beating both the average SRI fund and market benchmarks like the Russell 2000 growth index and the S&P 500. Winslow president Jack Robinson is also earning a reputation as a savvy stock picker, green or otherwise. In its annual survey of equity funds, Barron's/Value Line ranked him the top manager in the aggressive-growth category and the ninth best overall this year--quite a feat for an investor who won't go near certain sectors of the market, like...
...raise the $16.3 million asking price. But Horowitz, who has been put off by Tezozomoc, refused to sell. Early Tuesday morning, 120 sheriff's deputies came in. They used saws to cut the chain-link fence surrounding the site, arrested the protestors, and, using fire engine's cherry-picker, pulled Hannah and Quigley from the almond tree...