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...than half of all banks saw their net interest margin - a measure of profit - fall in the third quarter compared with a year ago, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "After you pay your stockholders and employees, maintain your capital ratio and fund your growth, it gets pretty tight," says Mike Menzies, president and CEO of Easton Bank & Trust in Easton, Md. (See pictures of the recession...
...exciting and I am definitely enjoying it.” Classmate No. 3 Emily Park suffered Harvard’s first defeat of the season, falling 9-6, 9-6, 9-7 in a close-fought contest. Sophomore No. 4 Alisha Mashruwala prevailed in a tight first game 9-7 before quickly finishing the Big Red’s Lisa Stokes 9-4, 9-1 to take the 3-0 victory. The remaining five flights had it comparatively easy. Junior No. 5 Katherine O’Donnell and sophomore No. 6 Bethan Williams dominated their matches, each winning...
...shutout decisions before suffering a 3-2 semifinal loss to No. 2 Jordan Burroughs of Nebraska, who garnered Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament honors en route to an individual title and Cornhusker team championship.Despite setbacks for Harvard’s leaders, Weiss expressed little disappointment with such tight battles.“J.P. and Louis had close bouts that could have gone either way, all to good wrestlers,” he said. “It’s not too devastating early in the season, because you can always bounce back.”O’Connor...
...film, Zwick smiled sheepishly: “The interviews?” But the intensely emotional material presented its own set of challenges. “It’s very visceral. You plunge right into it and we had no choice because we were working on a tight schedule and people had to be very intuitive,” he said. For this reason, Zwick turned to seasoned actors, including Daniel Craig, Liev Schriber, and Jamie Bell. “It was a very large cast of hugely talented actors from all over the world...In this case when...
...When I voted, Doug was in a tight race with Michael Phelps and Sarah Palin,” he said. “I hope he prevails...