Step up to the window and you see Bill Gross next to you fingering a few big bills from his money clip and betting on the municipal ponies.

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Shanghai Automotive has yet to report 2006 results, but security analysts reporting to Thomson IBES are looking for a 33% increase in profits in 2007 for the Chinese automaker, and for annual earnings growth at a 25% clip over the next three to five years.

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These are all stocks that were profitable over the prior 12 months, with sales growth of at least 5% over the next three to five years and earnings expected to advance by at least a 10% annual clip.

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When his mistake emerged, Bob would have had a metaphorical clip round the ear from the gaffer and would be sent out at first light the next day with brush and paint to correct his mistake.

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Had he been there at the start of the season and had the club continued at that clip Sunderland would be on its way to a place in next season's Champions League, a tremendous achievement for a mid-sized club from an impoverished part of England that had lost money in each of the past four seasons.

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