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...Lehman managed the company through mid-2006, its condition was gradually upgraded. In June 2004 it was kicked off the New York Stock Exchange, but it broke even on an operating basis and began 2005 with zero debt, having paid off the loan from CIT. By December, the company's stock was listed on the American Stock Exchange. Using exclusively Chinese manufacturing, Barry raised profit margins and completed the turnaround without losing core customers--most important, Wal-Mart. In 2005, the company made $8 million. By the time Von Lehman left in May 2006, the stock was trading...
...recent weeks. An alliance of U.S. troops and local tribes has been very effective in moving against the al-Qaeda foreign fighters. A senior U.S. military official told me-confirming reports from several other sources-that there have been "a couple of days recently during which there were zero effective attacks and less than 10 attacks overall in the province (keep in mind that an attack can be as little as one round fired). This is a result of sheiks stepping up and opposing AQI [al-Qaeda in Iraq] and volunteering their young men to serve in the police...
...committee went on to report that at the time, the highest number of minority students to play football in any given year was five, in 2002, while the men’s basketball team claimed zero students of color in that same year. For women’s basketball, the high mark at the time was one student, from...
...August 2010, and he is exempted from payments on the principal of the mortgage through July 2014.The University also reported a $250,000 mortgage loan to New and a $38,044 educational loan to her.Harvard generally provides mortgage-repayment assistance to recruited tenured faculty members. It also provides zero-interest or reduced-interest loans to several of its top officials.Summers continued to draw a salary from the University this year, while he was on sabbatical.He will remain on the Harvard payroll as the Eliot university professor—one of 21 faculty members holding the prestigious university professorships. Harvard...
...refs don't deserve all the blame for the excess. It was Stern who issued a zero-tolerance policy before this season to stop players from constantly complaining, which resulted in a 10% jump in regular season technical fouls. And many would agree with the NBA's claim that in an era when refs spend hours after each game reviewing tape and critiquing their on court performance, on balance the level of officiating has actually never been better. "The refs are just doing what they're told," says Hill. If that's the case, then it's up to Stern...