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After last year's disappointing eighth-place finish which saw Harvard eliminated by Cornell in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs, and after losing only three seniors to graduation, expectations have risen drastically...
Average student debt has risen to $18,800, up from $8,200 six years ago, according to figures provided by Nellie organization, the nation's largest non-profit provider of student loans. Nellie Mae compiled these figures from a pool consisting of 65 percent undergraduate borrowers and 35 percent graduate borrowers...
...because the jet generates higher revenues, it has been profitable for Comair since its first month of operation. It has also fueled growth for Comair. The carrier's revenues have more than doubled since 1993, the year Comair started flying jets, to $564 million in fiscal 1997. Profits have risen meteorically: last year Comair posted net income of $75.4 million, an increase of 291% from 1993. Passenger-load factor, a critical measure, increased to 55.9% last year, from...
...lifetime mate. The average person has more invested in the market than in the house that shelters him. Stocks account for more than 40% of the average household's financial assets, more than in any period in history. The percentage of adult Americans who own stock has risen from 10.4% in 1965 to 43% today...
...stock has lagged the market, dogged by boycotts by religious groups protesting everything from racy movies to personnel policies and, potentially far worse for shareholders, by concerns that the formula for the Mouse's wholesome animated films has grown stale. Never mind that Disney shares, including dividends, have risen an average of 15.6% annually for the past 10 years, vs. 14.3% for Standard & Poor's 500. The company has a p.r. problem...