Word: scares
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that scare you, though. Much has changed, which is why the yield sank to last week's low of 1.99% without disrupting the bull market. Today companies hold back more of what they earn, opting not to increase dividends but to reinvest in operations or buy stock on the open market. This year, for example, blue-chip companies will report record high earnings but pay out a record low portion of those earnings as dividends (37%, vs. a post-World War II average of 52%).That's O.K., so long as reinvesting and buying back shares have their intended effect...
...female bank employe, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she wasn't told of the robbery. "I didn't know about it. That pretty much gives me a scare. Today was my first day there and I didn't hear anything about...
...good to be President (see Senator Richard Lugar). You can also be too bad to be President, and as a consequence, have the first real scare in your congressional race in years (see Congressman "B-1 Bob" Dornan). And you can be too phony to be President (see Lamar! in the shirt playing the piano...
...Northeastern survived the scare to end all scares at Cumnock Field, defeating Harvard 2-1 in double overtime when Husky Regina Carl stole a Crimson pass, dribbled towards the right post and shot across her body into the cage...
...ranking Democrat on the powerful Appropriations Committee. Still an outspoken liberal, he supported a single-payer healthcare system and is skeptical of balancing the budget on a fixed schedule. But if he wants to keep his seat, he'll have to beat Scott West, who gave Obey a scare...