Word: shifting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...eyes are on corporate earnings these days as investors shift from a hopeful mode to one more demanding of real improvement. And in the business headlines, at least, they are seeing it. After the close of trading on Monday Apple reported that quarterly earnings were up a stunning 47% on strong sales of iPhones and Mac computers. Investors were also cheered by the prospects that Caterpillar would deliver a bullish profit report. On Tuesday morning Caterpillar did just that, reporting earnings that were down 53% but were well ahead of analysts' expectations. (See 10 big recession surprises...
...There were] very tough conditions this weekend, because it was freezing, and today the sleet made the racing pretty challenging,” Powers said. “The wind shifts direction very often, so a lot of this weekend was working on focusing on predicting how the wind would shift...
...first day, B division waited for five hours, and then finally sailed one race that probably shouldn’t have been held,” Santangelo said. “The wind really died at the end, and there was one major uncalled-for wind shift that just threw everyone for a loop. Flip a coin, and if you chose the right side of the course, you won the race, and if you chose the left, you got dead last...
...Nguyen ’10 was expecting a low-key shift while working one day in the Dunster House library a year...
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