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The Winner's Curse: In the reinsurance market, the same risk can receive price quotes from multiple insurers. Some insurers will quote low and others will quote high, due to errors in cost estimation and/or different market strategies. Usually the lowest price bidder will get the business. There is a good chance that the...; Tags: Casualty Actuarial Society, curse, insurance company, insurance, strategy, financial; Presentations
Plaster Disaster: What About Those Cracks in the Wall?: Plaster is both a blessing and a curse. It can be a blessing because in many cases it represents a level of craftsmanship that is either rare or nonexistent these days. However, plaster is often a curse because it tends to react unfavorably to stress and age, and the supply...; Tags: Construction, Homestore Inc., curse, wall; White papers
Delegation of Decision Rights and the Winner's Curse: Numerous organisations have engaged in a process of empowerment of their workers, allowing them to take decisions without interference from upper management. As interests become more aligned, delegation of decision-making rights motivates employees without causing severe disruption to the decision-making process. The author explains delegating decision rights to subordinates increases...; Tags: Curse, Author, Decision-making, University Of Oxford, Delegation, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2006-03-27

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Return to hard times; Dennis James has laid a foundation of muscle with his powerful chest and back training regimens over the years. here's how he stays thick and muscular, front to rear: TIME BARES TRUTH. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, that truth is a rude awakening that serves as a guardrail to ricochet us back on track; and bodybuilding, driven by passion more than by reason, can always use more guardrails. Ours is an impatient endeavor, but that impatience can be good or...; Articles 2008-07-01
Serena relieved to avoid curse of Court Two: LONDON AFP — Two-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams admitted she was relieved to have avoided the curse of Court Two after beating Polish teenager Urszula Radwanska 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday. Williams, who won Wimbledon in 2002 and 2003, was in cruise control against the 17-year-old wildcard and never...; Articles 2008-06-25

Resolution's Cowdery has a neat solution for Bradford & Bingley, but: OUTLOOK It won't be just Texas Pacific that is cursing Clive Cowdery's intervention in the Bradford & Bingley recapitalisation. The Bank of England and Financial Services Authority will be none too happy about it either. Texas Pacific may be anathema to many of B&B's...; Articles 2008-06-24
HQN Books Announces The Carly Phillips Baseball Escape Contest: One Lucky Reader Will Win a $1,000 Escape from the Baseball Season NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Baseball is our national sport -- but when her best guy glues himself to the TV every October to watch one of those interminable games, many women may find...; Articles 2008-06-24
Putin's Russia criticized by human rights group: WASHINGTON -- Propelled by a surge of oil and natural gas wealth, Russia has become the leading anti-democratic force in its region, a private democracy watchdog organization says. Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the vision of a wider Europe "whole and free"...; Articles 2008-06-23
Fabregas finds the nerve to end Italy's reign over the Spanish: SPAIN 0 aet, score at 90min 0-0; Spain win 4-2 on penalties ITALY 0 It took what the Spanish call cojones for Cesc Fabregas to score Spain's win-ning penalty last night and lift of one of the oldest curses on their national team. The Arsenal midfielder's last...; Articles 2008-06-23
Fragmentation: Just Because You Move It Doesn't Mean It Isn't There: "Out of sight, out of mind" can be aninteresting phenomenon. An example of this is a large piece of furniture,such as an armoire, that's been standing in a hallway for years and causingpeople to curse and move around it, or bumps their toes or their heads asthey rushed by. Finally...; Articles 2008-06-23
Strike up the band, but gag the conductor: Dance English National Ballet fills the Albert Hall, again. This time not with swans but with a glittering Gershwin medley Strictly Gershwin Royal Albert Hall LONDON You have to hand it to English National Ballet: it thinks big. Cursed...; Articles 2008-06-22
Sex, lies ... and the curse of 'This Morning' presenters: TELEVISION It's the curse of sex, lies and daytime TV. Britain's best known psychiatrist, Dr Raj Persaud, became the latest face connected with This Morning to run into trouble when he began a three-month ban on practising on Friday for plagiarism. He joins a list of presenters...; Articles 2008-06-22
Twelve degrees of separation: In this ingenious debut novel, a teenager traces the sufferers of a rare genetic disease The Story of Forgetting By Stefan Merrill Block Faber Pounds 14.99 The Story of Forgetting is a debut novel by an American writer with more than literary ambition...; Articles 2008-06-22
South Jersey man sentence to 50 years for three slayings: A former drug dealer and part-time dock worker who admitted killing two teenagers in 1994 and his marine terminal supervisor in 2002 was sentenced yesterday to 50 years in prison. The sentencing of Sharif Cook of Camden, who sat quietly in Superior Court in Camden bound in handcuffs and chains,...; Articles 2008-06-21
Leprosy colony: Art defies stigma: Leprosy is caused by a microbacterium, not by the wrath of God. Still, in India people with leprosy are stigmatized, stuck at the bottom of a caste system that technically no longer exists. Even their shadows are considered cursed, says Becky Douglas. Douglas, who grew up in...; Articles 2008-06-20
Celtics display different kind of 'curse' this time: In the wake of Boston's triumph in the NBA finals, a number of stories in newspapers across the country played on some variation of it being a return of The Curse of the Celtics. That "curse" gave Boston eight consecutive victories over the Lakers in the NBA...; Articles 2008-06-20
City accustomed to banner years toasts a new title: BOSTON -- Here comes another Boston Glee Party. If they have learned anything lately in Paul Revere's town, it's how to throw a parade and shout, "We're No.1." Matter of fact, maybe the lights in the tower of the Old North Church could be useful again. One, if...; Articles 2008-06-19
The Virgins Announce Fall Tour With Black Kids: Itinerary Kicks Off September 19th in Jacksonville, FL; Band's Self-Titled Debut Album Out Now!: Atlantic recording group The Virgins haveannounced dates for their upcoming tour with the Black Kids, kicking offSeptember 19th in Jacksonville, FL. See full listing of tour dates below. The Virgins released their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album onJune 3rd. Produced by S*A*M* and Sluggo, the album received 4...; Articles 2008-06-18
With a familiar odor wafting through the rafters, Beantown in jubilation: BOSTON -- As the clock wound down and the Boston Celtics closed in on their 17th world championship Tuesday night, the distinct smell of a lit cigar wafted through the air of the upper press box at TD Banknorth Garden. It unquestionably was to pay homage to legendary...; Articles 2008-06-18
ReelTime to Offer Video on Demand Rentals From the Walt Disney Studios: ReelTime Rentals, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RLTR) hasentered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television (NYSE: DIS)to provide popular video on demand rentals as they become available fromThe Walt Disney Studios, including new and classic titles from Walt DisneyPictures, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and MiramaxFilms. New and classic Disney hits such...; Articles 2008-06-17

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