Word: standings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...taking into account weakening corporate earnings. In past severe downturns, when the U.S. economy contracted by 2.5% or more, the average price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of S&P 500 index stocks has dipped to as low as 10 (the long-term average P/E is 21). From where we stand today, stocks must drop quite a bit more before they reach this historical nadir. How far? Based on 2008 corporate-earnings estimates, the average P/E for the S&P 500 index is currently about 17. Factor in earnings estimates for 2009 - S&P analysts are forecasting average per-share earnings...
...power structures that exist in the region, that simple task is never simple. Without utilizing these traditional channels of bureaucrats, the U.S. could possibly violate the sovereignty claim of the Congolese government. However, as the stakes are demarcated in human lives, the cost of an international scandal should not stand in the way of any humanitarian aid that is deemed necessary for the subsistence of the Congolese refugees...
Columbia wields the Ivy League’s third-ranked defense and is second against the pass. Linebackers Alex Gross and Drew Quinn stand atop the league in tackles, and defensive end Lou Miller leads the league in tackles for a loss with...
...fabled Washington wise man would back McCain again. Instead, Duberstein said he was troubled by McCain's efforts to ingratiate himself with the conservative wing of their party. He cited a fence-mending commencement address McCain had given at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University and his hawkish stand on the war in Iraq. "I told John the right wing never wants to be satisfied; they're professional whiners," Duberstein remembers now. "They are never happy. So don't kill yourself trying. They will never trust you, no matter what you do for them. John looked at me like...
...primaries as in the Republican; 9 out of 10 people say the country is on the wrong track. In that light, McCain was his party's sacrificial lamb, a certified American hero granted one more chance to serve, with enough rebel credits on his résumé to stand a chance of winning over disgruntled voters if Obama somehow imploded...