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Dreyfus and Morgan Stanley Investment Management are beefing up their analyst ranks in a nod to American Funds' research-driven culture. Putnam Investments now has teams of managers. Even Fidelity has added a second manager to its Blue Chip Value Fund and is hiring 75 analysts who will be aligned with specific funds. "Individual manager accountability is still the Fidelity way," says spokeswoman Anne Crowely. But Philadelphia-based mutual fund consultant Burt Greenwald says the firm is searching for ways to improve returns: "No question, Fidelity is feeling the heat...
Skoll isn't just any filmmaker. He's a cofounder of eBay, who retired at 35 with a reported $2 billion in his pocket. Like most other entrepreneurs who have made their first billion before 35, the boyish-looking Skoll is an intensely driven man. Exhausted employees say he is rarely out of touch and never without his Sidekick, Treo and cell phone. These days Skoll's primary objective is not to make money but rather to spend what he has pursuing such lofty ideals as government accountability and social and economic justice...
...Canada. “It’s a safe Liberal seat,” Albo said of the district where Ignatieff is running. “On that basis alone, [it’s] a relatively safe place to run.” Ignatieff’s politically-driven homecoming was met with some resentment from Canadians who are upset that the Liberal Party “pushed aside some of the normal constituency processes to have what we call in Canada, Ignatieff parachuted into the riding,” said Albo. Since his departure from academia to enter...
...don’t think you can claim—much as I would like to—that [the blogs] gauge a wide opinion,” he said. “They are not representative [of the student body]...but it probably has driven the debate in different directions.”Some students who have used the blogs said they were satisfied with their experiences, although none said that they had altered their opinions at all as a result of it.Benjamin E. Click ’06 expanded on why he thought the blogs had gained such...
...fact, Charlesview has needed fixing for decades, with mold and leaks abounding through the halls and walls and the building’s owners refusing to take action. Though the lowest-income tenants get federal housing subsidies, many have seen their rents driven up by even the smallest of renovations...