Word: turnarounds
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...prospect of imperiled pension programs further tarnishes what were supposed to be golden years for American workers. In the past few years, retirement portfolios have taken hits from all sides, causing employees to rethink their retirement expectations and in some cases continue working past age 65. Until its recent turnaround, the sagging stock market reduced the overall value of 401(k)s and similar retirement vehicles by double-digit percentages. Company stock options and grants have also declined in value. Moreover, the last line of retirement defense--the Social Security program--will begin running at a deficit in 2017. That...
...closing fast. "The 'hearts and minds' of key segments of the Sunni and Shi'a communities are in play and can be won," the report noted, "but only if the Coalition Provisional Authority and the new Iraqi authorities deliver in short order." Saving the situation requires a dramatic turnaround in the security situation, and an urgent injection of funds and administrative personnel. Among other things, the report recommended that the U.S. occupation authority should...
...unexpected turnaround from last week’s decision to limit the content of its weekly public police log, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) decided Tuesday to expand the report to include more than last week’s limited log—which only included reports of criminal activity—but still less than its original log format...
...were almost 20,000 mergers and acquisitions valued at $1.5 trillion in Europe alone. But the long, steep decline over the past three years may have bottomed. Deal volume continued to drop slightly in the first half of this year, but early July has seen a big bounce. The turnaround has been expected. Interest rates are at historic levels (last week the Bank of England restored the lowest rates since 1955), meaning that companies can finance acquisitions at a relatively low cost. Moreover, stock prices have fallen so far that the market value of some companies is less than...
With breezes gusting up to 17 knots, Harvard executed a 61-point turnaround, and ended the second day of racing up 48 points, en route to the nearly 70-point blowout of second-place Hawaii...