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...just two weeks from March 7's Super Tuesday primary, when delegates from large states like California, Ohio, New York and Massachusetts are at stake, McCain will not be able to rely on such narrowly tailored messages, his supporters said...
...Patrick knew what was at stake, and she was not about to let her final chance at a national championship slip away. Patrick managed to win a close fourth game, 9-6, and then take the fifth by a 9-4 score...
...years--a good indication the stock won't sink much lower and stay there. Robert Sanborn, manager of the Oakmark Fund, estimates that without raising prices or touching the dividend, Philip Morris could pay $10 million a day--$2.5 billion a year--without twitching. Oakmark has a large stake in Philip Morris (and a small stake of Kadlec dollars) and has doggedly held on to the stock, believing that MO is the ultimate value play. Sanborn figures the company could easily raise prices if needed. For instance, it covered its state settlement with a 75 cents-a-pack price hike...
Disclaimer: The column you are about to read has been written countless times before, by countless other people, in countless different forms, in countless other forums. Nevertheless, the principles at stake are so important, so essential to the preservation of civility, that they require multiple repetitions. In short, no matter how stale the following may seem, it simply must be said...
...services is growing at a faster pace than the economy can supply," says TIME financial writer Bernard Baumohl. "That's the formula for inflation." This rampant demand, notes Baumohl, is based largely on the success of the stock market, in which an unprecedented percentage of Americans now have a stake. "The Fed sees the stock market leading consumers to act in a way that may not be rational," he says. "Consumers check their portfolios and see gains, and spend money based on those gains before cashing in their stocks." That's the inflation side of the picture; there's also...