Word: outlook
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...That outlook no doubt includes extending smart-phone services beyond major urban areas. In rural India, where Nokia controls around four-fifths of the mobile-phone market, according to Bernstein research, locals may not be quite ready for smart phones yet - but they will be. At the Mobile and More outlet in the city of Gwalior in central India, co-owner Gaurav Kukreja's best seller is a no-frills 2G Nokia. But, Kukreja says, "younger people from villages often go to cities to study. They come back well-versed with new technology, and with aspirations. They want the latest...
...exaggeration to get people to watch what they produce? I don't think that we can demand incredibly high levels of fidelity to what scientists actually do. What I think we can shoot for is positive role-model figures who are scientists. What really leaves audiences with a positive outlook on the scientific world is if the smart character is actually heroic for being smart. In The Day the Earth Stood Still, Jennifer Connelly is a scientist. It definitely cuts against stereotypes in a lot of ways. First of all, she's a woman...
...noted that the $2 billion line of credit served as a source of "additional liquidity flexibility," though it does not qualify as "same-day liquidity"—a measure of an institution's ability to meet cash demands quickly. At the time, the ratings agency issued a stable outlook for Harvard's credit rating based in part on its "maintenance of strong liquidity and capital ratios...
...willingness to make yourself available on countless numbers of occasions." Since February, the Fed chairman has been called to testify about Bank of America's takeover of Merrill Lynch, the government's bailout of AIG, the federal budget deficit, the Fed's various new lending programs and the economic outlook. He has also taken to penning occasional Op-Ed pieces - today he has one in the Wall Street Journal explaining the Fed's "exit strategy" once it decides it's safe to take the economy off life support. (Read a two-minute bio of Bernanke...
...other currencies in all financial transactions. The yuan's value is pegged to a basket of currencies likely dominated by the U.S. dollar and is permitted to change each day only within a narrow band. Under such limitations, China's dreams for the yuan cannot progress very far. (Read "Outlook for U.S. Dollar Darkens...