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...Currently employed as a receptionist for Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Zackheim says he enjoys math puzzles, brain teasers, and the European conquest game “Diplomacy...
...Tester won only 14 of the 56 counties, and some of those, just barely. But it was apparently enough. So Montana, which overwhelmingly re-elected its lone G.O.P. Congressman, essentially remains a red state. Brian Schweitzer's election in 2004 to governor can be considered a fluke, as he was running against a scandal-ridden, incompetent G.O.P. incumbent. Neither his victory, nor Tester's, can be considered a trend toward blue in the West, as some Eastern pundits have interpreted it. Voters in those traditional G.O.P. counties demonstrated that no amount of scandal could sour them on Burns...
...against attacks from Burns and national Republicans about the national Democratic Party's liberalism, Tester highlights his biography as a third-generation Montana family farmer with a flat-top haircut who lost three of his fingers in a meat grinder accident. He's also closely linking himself with Brian Schweitzer, the state's popular Democratic governor. Burns, meanwhile, is emphasizing his longtime efforts to bring back federal money to the state...
...There is a lot of positive development outside of the U.S.," says Stuart Schweitzer, managing director and global-markets strategist at JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management. Add in the specter of towering deficits in the U.S. budget and current account, which could ultimately weaken the dollar, and the idea of diversifying overseas becomes even more attractive...
...some market watchers point out that the run-up in emerging markets has left stocks pretty darn pricey. The average price-to-book ratio for such equities has been in the neighborhood of 1.5 to 2 since the mid-1990s, says Schweitzer. Today that ratio is closer to 2.25. "We've had a correction," he says, "but they are still expensive relative to their own history." That's part of the reason Schweitzer is currently finding more value for his money in developed markets like Western Europe...