S. Hughes
S. Hughes
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We have engaged an investment banking firm to help us assess strategic options for Turner South and a significant programming contributor to that network, the Atlanta Braves franchise, which may lead to the sale of one or both.
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We are excited to have Marion on our team. Adding a talented and experienced professional such as Marion to our already deep team not only increases our overall capabilities as an investment management firm, but allows us to continue to provide top results to our investors.
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Two thousand five was a great year. Our investment in Hub's sales culture and the commitment of our people enabled us to post organic growth in the face of declining insurance rates. Our acquisition team continued to excel in identifying and closing attractive opportunities. In addition, we achieved our goal of increasing operating margins, recording a one-percentage-point improvement for the quarter and the year.
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It's not inappropriate unless the student thinks it's inappropriate. We're trying to invest our users with as much autonomy as possible.
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It's almost like a lose-lose situation for stocks, because if the Fed pauses now, that could cause worries that the Katrina impact is worse than we think, ... But if they don't pause, investor worries about inflation may increase.
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If you want to invest in emerging markets, invest in a good manager. Although emerging market funds are expensive, the disparity between returns at the top and bottom of emerging markets funds makes the expense worthwhile.
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The market's moving sideways, consolidating, ... It's too early to tell if this is a low and you can jump back in, so you're seeing some investor caution.
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We try really hard to maintain the focus of this day on the kids.
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We just saw, basically, body by body until, I think the person in the back seat was the last one to get out.
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We just need to take that final step, have a little bit more belief in certain situations to kill teams off and then we will go to the next level. But until we do, then that will hold us back.
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We just get our pitch, that's it. You've just got to be patient. ... It certainly helps when everybody is hitting around you.
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We weren't expecting it but we'll take it. He's a first-year boy and everything thing he works on in practice is geared towards the legs.
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We weren't executing the way we planned, and it showed. We lost the game in the third quarter no matter what calls were made and what things happened before or after that.