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...Perhaps the only thing that could spoil Korea's party now is a refereeing controversy that has tainted Korea's victories over Italy and Spain. During the latter match, a potential game-winning Spanish goal was disallowed over a debatable offside call. But even if the team goes down to defeat at the hands of Germany in the semifinals, few Koreans will be complaining. "I don't know if we have felt like this since we gained independence from Japan," said Hahn Juho, a lawyer in Seoul, as he joined the after-game jubilation. No matter what happens...
...much of the 1990s, investors didn't want to let Tyco's improbably high reported growth rate of nearly 40% spoil their fun. Before last week's free fall, Tyco shares (with dividends reinvested) had still gained almost 400% in the decade since Kozlowski took over and turned the company into a merger machine, according to Harvard Business School associate professor Robert Kennedy. Along the way, Kozlowski snapped up electronics manufacturer AMP, security firm ADT and medical-products maker U.S. Surgical...
...mind. It just wants to send Jason and Marie skittering around Europe. But the locales are wintry and attractive, and the director, Doug Liman, has a nice gift not just for your standard car chases but also for potentially deadly and seemingly unpremeditated surprises. We won't spoil them with too much detail. Just remember that a peaceful-looking countryside offers many places in which a guy with a high-powered rifle can take cover...
...quarter of the year, after one quarter in 2001 when GDP actually declined. The strongest part of the German economy is exports, which increased a sharp 1.9% in the first quarter compared with the last quarter of 2001. If exports are driving the European economy, a higher euro could spoil the party by making European prices more expensive relative to the dollar and other currencies. So if it's not Europe's strength, what's pushing the euro higher? There is evidence that fund managers worldwide have reached a consensus that U.S. stocks and bonds are overvalued, causing them...
...athletic culture” that James Bowen and William Shulman deride in the recently published book The Game of Life is a priceless asset that makes Harvard the nation’s best university. They argue that because college athletics have become commercialized, student-athletes nowadays spoil their education by focusing on athletic success, to the detriment of their education and that of their peers...