Word: reporter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...people concentrate on Carradine's work and not on his autopsy report, they'll find a lot to admire. He became a star in the '70s TV series Kung Fu, in which he played Caine, the philosophizing martial artist (a role originally planned for Bruce Lee). But he distinguished himself in film and theater as well...
According to Harvard's year-end financial report from 2008, HMC had over $7 billion invested in fixed-income assets as of June 30. Those assets included nearly $2 billion worth of domestic bonds—which had produced returns of 16.1 percent for that fiscal year, beating the HMC board-approved benchmark of 12.7 percent—as well as foreign bonds, inflation-indexed bonds, and high-yield bonds...
...financial report also noted that a combination of internal and external investment managers oversee HMC's domestic bond portfolio, focusing on arbitrage situations—or buying inexpensive securities while simultaneously selling overvalued securities of similar characteristics. While internal managers "sharply" outperformed their benchmark in 2008, the report said that external managers delivered mixed results...
...that doesn't mean that cuts aren't on the way. Luckily for FAS, we've discovered/made up some more creative ways to save. Take this report in the New York Times a few days...
...entire mobile network was cut off from about late afternoon until midnight, the time when most demonstrations were being staged, making information-gathering from would-be participants impossible. Later, Internet connections were reduced to snail speed, and satellite television was almost entirely jammed. It was becoming impossible to report on events. The only "news" left unblocked was that propagated by state television. (See pictures of the turbulent aftermath of Iran's presidential election...