Word: short
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...reported earnings that were lower than what analysts had expected, and the tech company's stock price dropped 5% - but Raj Rajaratnam made $9 million. Allegedly, the New York hedge-fund manager had gotten a tip that Google's earnings would be below expectations, so he was prepared with short positions and put options that would become more valuable as the stock price fell. The alleged source of the tip: an employee at an investor-relations firm that helped Google announce its earnings who wanted to be paid for similar informational gems in the future. (See 25 people to blame...
...most popular embedded links from the tweets that surround them, allowing people to understand the source of a conversation without having to endure the din surrounding it. Bing-Twitter also expands a tweet's bit url and shows users the real domain, creating greater transparency before you click. In short, Bing makes Twitter make sense.(See pictures from inside Google's headquarters...
Because there are no outwardly moving parts, however, it's safer for children. At 3.5 lb., it's also eminently portable. And even though the plastic shell looks delicate, Dyson's engineers claim that the product has survived test drops from stairwells and tables. In short, it has all the characteristics of a new gadget that can be copied and mass-produced in some Chinese factory - for hundreds of dollars less. But before you set your sights on a bootleg version, Samways says that the Air Multiplier's deceivingly simple structure is the result of a laborious design process that...
...Summarize Proust” (Time is short during the job talk, too. See “Monty Python?...
...early. Nguyen, Schultz, and Felton failed to make it past the round of 32, but freshman Joshua Tchan provided another highlight for Harvard as he reached the round of 16. On Sunday, Tchan lost to Marist’s Loic Sessagesimi, 6-3, 6-0. It was a short tournament for Felton, who was ranked 13, and for Nguyen, who fared well at last week’s tournament...