Word: switches
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...effectively shuttered a number of markets and put a halt to most mergers, leaving some on Wall Street with little to do. What's more, in the past year, financial professionals have gone from masters of the universe to subjects of ridicule. That makes now a good time to switch to a profession that seems more beneficial to society, even to Wall Streeters...
...annualized rate of 11 million units, compared with 10 million in the U.S. That kind of scale is why some executives believe that China could be the country in which electric vehicles move from the concept stage to mass production. "It may become the country that leads the switch to electric vehicles," says Nick Reilly, who heads Asia Pacific for General Motors...
...mentally. Both players fought back after being down by match points simultaneously, winning 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, and 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, respectively.“It was a rare happening,” Rueb said. “There was a definite energy switch. There’s a lot of synergy that goes on between the courts.” With Brown’s victory mere points away, the Crimson fought back from the brink to complete a remarkable turnaround.“I just told myself that you can?...
...Sailors are very apprehensive, very jerky," says Sunil Nair, spokesman for the Mumbai-based National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI), which has some 80,000 members. He says that since the spate of hijackings last year - when there were 72 attacks and 52 hijackings - more sailors who switch companies are trying to "join ones that don't do that run." (See pictures of dramatic rescues of pirate-hostages...
Also for the first time, tickets to this year's event were distributed over the Internet rather than via the first-come, first-served system that traditionally spawns serpentine lines of parents around Washington's Ellipse. The switch was designed to encourage visitors from around the country - families from at least 45 states are expected to attend - though huge demand for tickets left many parents frustrated and empty-handed, despite spending hours in front of their computers. A reminder, perhaps, that this particular rite of spring is designed primarily for the enjoyment of children, not grown-ups. As former Clinton...