• In McCarthy's absence, South Africa have struggled to score goals - finding the net just nine times in the 14 games since he turned out in a 2-0 home defeat by Chile.

    BBC: McCarthy aiming for fresh start

  • Spain also became the team to win the World Cup having scored the fewest number of goals - finding the net eight times in their seven matches.

    BBC: Netherlands 0-1 Spain (aet)

  • On the traditional measure of price to earnings it is fairly inexpensive--12 times trailing net.

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  • In fact, he only found the net 14 times from 56 games - a poor return for a man who notches a goal nearly every other game at international level.

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  • The 23-year-old Bosnian, who has found the net 40 times in 75 Bundesliga appearances, scored Wolfsburg's goal in the German side's 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford in September.

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  • PulteGroup has swelled to 3.7 times its per-share net assets, a record.

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  • Other e-tailers cite the high cost - some five to 10 times higher than in the U.S. - of leasing Net connections and maintaining "server" computers for managing online transactions.

    CNN: THE E-TAIL REVOLUTION

  • This essentially calls for a minimum tax on high-net worth individuals, similar to the one Warren Buffett proposed in his op-ed to the Times last weekend, but as Silver correctly points out, the implementation of such a minimum tax would have an unintended consequence.

    FORBES: Nate Silver: A Minimum Tax On The Wealthy Poses Implementation Problems

  • Net debt is down from nearly five times pre-tax profits to less than three.

    ECONOMIST: Face value

  • In addition, Hicks buyout firm would have gotten a fat price -- 13 times LINs projected 1999 operating income (net before depreciation, interest and taxes).

    FORBES: Follow through

  • Highly-rated Wolfsburg strike-duo Edin Dzeko and Grafite have hit the net 41 times between them this season but in two games Fulham have held them at bay.

    BBC: Wolfsburg 0-1 Fulham (agg 1-3)

  • He said the co-ordination of social security legislation was portrayed as a "safety net" for hard-working self-employed people who fall on hard times.

    BBC: MEPs welcome new social security rules

  • At 12.4%, Merck's net cash position is almost double that of runner-up AstraZeneca and 12 times the average for companies in the pharmaceutical sector.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Commercials added three times as many gross shorts than gross longs, raising their net-short position.

    FORBES: Focus: Speculators Continue To Favor PGM Futures, Options; Modest Interest In Gold -- CFTC

  • The stock trades at 21 times its adjusted funds from operations (net plus depreciation minus maintenance-level capital outlays).

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  • Producers added to both sides, but added nearly three times as many gross shorts as gross longs, raising their net-short position.

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  • Horton now trade at 1.9 times the per-share value of the company's net assets, approaching the 2.3 level seen in 2004-05.

    WSJ: Upside: Housing Stocks Face Trouble

  • Belfast out-shot Bracknell 15-7 in the second period and hit the back of the net three times through Robby Sandrock and Dave Matsos (twice).

    BBC: Panthers surprise Giants

  • Investors still seem to believe there is more value in the stock than in Research in Motion, which has seen multiples drop to just 3-times trailing earnings while Earthlink is trading at around 21x despite net profit margins in the third quarter of just over 2%.

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  • But Keen goes too far in this critique and also contradicts himself by blaming Net boosters like Jarvis and Shirky for promoting societal over-sharing but then other times pointing out, more accurately, that most people are quite willing to lead their online lives like an open book without any prodding.

    FORBES: Moderation in an Age of Information Abundance & Hypervisibility

  • Fabiano caught the eye at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, thriving alongside Robinho in Brazil's attack and finding the net three times before his country were eventually eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

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  • Edelman says he went through hard times during the recession because most of his net worth was tied up in hard-sell assets.

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  • The breakthrough duly came after 67 minutes, with Drogba - as he has been so many times this season - in the right place at the right time to find the net.

    BBC: Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea

  • In mid July, the New York Times accused the FDA of creating a massive e-mail surveillance program designed to net junior scientists and other critics who complained the agency was too-quick to approve medical devices that the employees maintained posed unacceptable health risks.

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  • The objective, I'm told, is to encourage better financial planning as the new benefit, the Universal Credit, which will be paid monthly is phased in, with the aim of re-establishing the idea that benefits are a safety net for people who've fallen on hard times, and that the money paid out should be spent on essentials, not luxuries.

    BBC: Watch this space

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