Word: regained
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...What do you think Harvard basketball needs to do to regain its glory...
...active Portland, Me., priests suspended March 9. After paying his legal bill, typically one-third of the total award, Gagnon netted $63,000. That kept him going for a year with therapy at $150 an hour. But 22 years after Father Doucette destroyed his trust, Gagnon has yet to regain his emotional footing. "Money can't heal anything," he says. "But it's an important sign that something went wrong. The church needs to acknowledge that...
...merger, do the spin-off. In bad times, the spin-off is the easier sell," Minichiello says. Management comes under pressure from investors to "do something," and the investment banks are there with the answer - get rid of an unloved unit. And if markets regain their stratospheric heights, it's a safe bet bankers will make mergers popular again. That's despite evidence that linkups usually don't accomplish their goals. A 1999 study by KPMG International found that only 17% of mergers made shareholders richer, while 53% actually made things worse. Demergers, however, "really do unlock shareholder value," Kaplan...
...decisions by restricting the amount of "soft money" that companies or organizations can inject into the system, either directly to a party or candidate or through television or radio ads promoting their agenda. The move away from giant, unregulated donations is critical, reform advocates insist, for politicians anxious to regain the trust of the electorate...
Pointing at the chairs and stools—torn and old—Gill said he feels that with improvements in decor and the quality of food and service, Tommy’s could regain the clientele it once...