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...That's a conservative strategy, considering the bargains that may be available by investing in subprime-stressed financial institutions in the West. After all, Abu Dhabi's SWF will reap an 11% annual yield from its Citigroup stake, nearly double the dividend yield currently available to ordinary shareholders. Having been burned once by Blackstone, the Chinese are now twice shy. But other sovereign wealth funds out there are flush with cash - and fortune favors the bold...
...brain drain”; disadvantaged regions send their brightest students away to schools like Harvard to be educated, hoping that they will return with the solutions to the problems facing their homelands. But many choose instead to apply for work visas in the United States and reap the benefits of the lucrative careers that their Harvard degrees make accessible. But despite the spotlight that seems constantly trained on financial careers and the issue of brain drain, Harvard graduates are not all aspiring to be i-bankers for i-banking’s sake. A corresponding “brain gain?...
Citing a recent opinion poll showing that Musharraf is significantly less popular than Osama bin Laden, Ahsan points out that 80% of Pakistan's population has strong views against Musharraf. "The challenge now is who gets to reap this anti-Musharraf sentiment. The extremists are delighted. They are getting a large chunk of this anti-Musharraf group for free...
...just as Harvard has realized that it must inculcate a spirit of internationalism in its students, Ramirez has become more cosmopolitan to reap the full benefits of the global economy: “I like to travel, man. I been to Europe—you know, Spain. Dominican, Aruba, Costa Rica. Just to learn about different cultures. You know where I want to go? I want to go to China. I want to go and see—it’s a city that I don’t know how to say the name. It?...
While many storefronts embraced the Red Sox craze, a few saw little or no difference in business. Flat Patties employee Manuel Hernandez pointed out only businesses that open late or have a TV can reap the benefits of a hungry crowd...