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This isn't all that out of the ordinary for a recession. Typically, companies ring up tax credits in down years and use the credits to plump up the bottom line when business picks up. But what is turning the run-of-the-mill tax credit into a bonanza this recovery is the huge amount that corporate America has lost in the past two years. Also, stimulus spending has turned around the economy and corporate profits faster than normal for a particularly deep recession. The speedy turnaround in corporate profits, which are expected to soar 60% in the fourth quarter...
...vast majority of college students seek marriage one day, but our perspectives on relationships do not always reflect this. It is as if commitment is a character trait developed instantly at the altar—once the ring is on the finger. But those of us addicted to endorphins, prone to procrastination, or disposed to overspending recognize that traits cannot apparate; they must be habituated. By trial and error, society found that cohabitation and increased number of sexual partners lead to higher divorce rates...
Prosecutors in Manhattan said they broke up a major insider-trading ring, the largest ever centered in the hedge-fund industry. Raj Rajaratnam, a billionaire co-founder of the Galleon Group, and five others were arrested and charged with earning $20 million off stock trades on the basis of information unavailable to the public. Rajaratnam, whose firm manages $3.7 billion, allegedly relied on a broad network of sources, including executives at IBM and McKinsey & Co., for lucrative tips; one leak about a Google earnings report yielded his firm $8 million in profits in 2007, authorities said. The investigation...
...waitress I couldn't have one because of its fixed price. So she gave it to me at the happy-hour price. This was the kind of sale I could handle. You just mumble, "Can you do a little better?" instead of mailing in receipts and filling your key ring with bar codes. Sale mavens are people who like rules and finding loopholes and outsmarting systems, whereas I'm a guy who likes flirting with a waitress for his half-price beer. "Coupon-clipping," my cousin Josh admitted, "isn't really a sexy habit - though it's very enjoyable...
Because the highs can be so electrifying and the defeats so crushing, players often want help contextualizing the season. Their professions depend on victory, but the Vince Lombardi Trophy can signify something greater than a big win. When asked if a Super Bowl ring serves as an idol for the players, Trapp puts his spin on football's Holy Grail: "Every time I think about the Super Bowl, I think about the season. Every time I think about the season, I think about the relationships. And the Super Bowl doesn't even compare to the season and the relationships - because...