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...just hope this doesn't sour fund investors," say Sheldon Jacobs, editor of the newsletter No-Load Fund Investor. "Whatever the problems, mutual funds are still better than almost any alternative. If you think mutual funds lack integrity, try dealing with brokers, insurance agents, annuities salesmen or hedge funds." In other words, this black eye will heal, and maybe now industry executives, as Spitzer might say, will finally get it. --With reporting by Barbara Kiviat/New York City
...ordered a permanent ban on all fireplace use, he committed the sort of authoritarian maneuvering that Harvard students, alumni and faculty should never have to accept from the administration. But since he did it at the end of his tenure, Lewis disgraced himself and his distinguished record, creating a sour note comparable to (though I love the guy) Clinton’s presidential pardons...
...walk nine miles from Manhattan to my home in Brooklyn. So the milk turned sour, and the meat went bad. So I couldn't use my computer or watch TV, and I had to sleep outside because there was no air conditioning. But how often do I get to see the stars over New York City? CHAIM THEIL New York City...
...Kane maintains that the transcript errors, due to a combination of personnel problems and kinks in the office’s computer programs, were sour notes in what was otherwise a productive tenure...
...grapes--can be the perfect ingredients for success. In 1973, Louisa and Alex Hargrave, a young couple fresh out of Harvard, set out to build a vineyard in Cutchogue, N.Y. It wasn't considered an ideal spot. For centuries, would-be vintners had been discouraged by the overly sour native grapes found along the North Fork of Long Island, a narrow stretch of land some 90 miles east of New York City. Not dissuaded, the Hargraves purchased a farmhouse along with 66 acres of land, 10,000 rooted vines and a textbook titled General Viticulture...