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...concerned about the hybrid structure. It was awkward, seemed intentionally complex. I said why do we have to structure it this way? What is relationship between the entities? Nobody could answer. I asked about the upside and downside protection. And who would monitor it? I asked about the cash vs. stock investment proposed. All structure questions. I was really confused from the very limited information we got. We didn't get any documents at the board level - only the consultant's description. I couldn't understand why it had to be so complex. Yet everybody was trying to convince...
...Games. You will find profiles of some of the unique athletes you'll be watching on TV, a photo essay on the beautiful environs of Park City, Utah, and an extensive archive of TIME's past Olympic coverage. Plus, an online essay by Walter Kirn about the Mormon ideal vs. the Olympic ideal. At time.com/olympics2002...
This conflict, how “fashion photography navigates between two supposedly oppositional forces—creativity and commerce,” as the entrance wall text explains, represents the core of “Chic Clicks.” “Rather than reinforce traditional dichotomies (high vs. low, art vs. commerce),” the exhibit aims to “allow visitors to decide whether such distinctions are still useful or important, considering the multiple ways contemporary art and fashion photography now intersect.” It does this in an unusual way, splitting...
...real difference may be not in their methods (the statistician vs. the shrink) but in their temperaments (hopeful vs. fretful). Says Hetherington: "Wallerstein is fond of saying it's whether the cup is half empty or half full, but it's not. It's whether the cup is 20% to 25% empty or 75% to 80% full." She adds with a laugh, "That's a big difference...
What's going to stop the Nikkei plunge? At some point its value stocks will become too attractive to ignore. Japanese stocks are now two-thirds cheaper than U.S. stocks, based on price-to-sales (0.5 vs. 1.5) and price-to-book (1.5 vs. 3.3) ratios. Because earnings are so depressed, the price-to-earnings ratio on many stocks seems high--in the 20s or 30s. Still, some believe that the Japanese market represents the best deep-value play in a generation. For that reason Cyril Moulle-Berteaux, who runs an institutional fund for Morgan Stanley, has his most aggressive...