Given what is likely to be a small magnitude of incremental cardiovascular benefit of high potency statins over low potency statins in reality, a pressing question is how to identify patients for whom the risk-benefit balance for high potency statin treatment is unfavourable.

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Some of the stocks he initiated a buy rating on include Alaska Air Group, American Airlines parent AMR, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines parent UAL, because those stocks are highly leveraged to an economic recovery, will benefit from balance-sheet deleveraging, focused on growing margins rather than gaining market share and attractively valued.

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But ever since disgruntled IBM employees brought the issue to public attention, the movement by major corporations to convert traditional defined-benefit plans to so-called cash-balance pension plans has been a lightning rod for workers'--and particularly baby boomers'--growing anxiety over their retirement incomes.

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And not every public-accounting flaw is to the benefit of governments: their right to tax is not recognised on balance-sheets, for example.

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Since a Roth enjoys tax-exempt growth, a greater benefit is realized over time with a higher initial balance.

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Like traditional pension plans, and unlike 401(k) plans, cash-balance plans are wholly funded by employers and insured by the federal Pension Benefit Guarantee.

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Despite the negative nature of McNulty's report, long term he said he thingsthe company should continue to benefit from its cost-cutting programs, as well as efforts to remove debt from is balance sheet and consolidation in the water treatment industry.

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