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...cleric or a fighter, his presence is an embarrassment for the Saudi monarchy, which has long sought to portray bin Laden as an outcast without religious followers in the kingdom. Intelligence officials say that pinpointing the guest's identity and his relationship to bin Laden could yield valuable clues to al-Qaeda's worldwide network as well as its influence inside Saudi Arabia...
...jackets in your closet, the aging but paid-for SUV in your driveway--and, get this, the bonds of companies with poor credit. That may sound crazy at first. Recessions are always tough on companies operating at the edge of solvency--those most likely to have high-risk, high-yield junk bonds outstanding. Yet diversified pools of these bonds typically do well at this point in an economic cycle...
Ellison said that such improvements in financial aid packages were necessary not only to improve the academic experience of students but also to help GSAS compete with other graduate schools. Ellison pointed out that since 1998, the yield on GSAS applications for students in the humanities has improved from just over 50 percent to 65 percent...
...commandos, of course, are interested in a different kind of real estate - any place in Kandahar that belonged to Al Qaeda. They are looking for anything left behind that might lead them to Osama bin Laden or yield a clue as to what terrorist act Al Qaeda might be planning next...
Similar savings are available to most firms. Frederick Reichheld, a management consultant with Bain & Co. who studies worker commitment, has found that a 5% increase in employee retention can yield profit increases of 25% or more. "The more chaotic the environment, the greater the need for loyalty," says Reichheld. "When frontline workers have to act quickly and make decisions on their own initiative, they must be able to trust one another to behave in the best interests of the team." Some companies assume that in hard times, their workers will be grateful to have a job and be unlikely...