Elsewhere, short interest jumped 10.5% during the past month, pointing to escalating skepticism among short sellers.
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This ratio of calls to puts is higher than 70% of all those taken during the past year, pointing to a growing optimism.
This ratio ranks above 56% of other such readings taken during the past year, pointing to a healthier-than-usual appetite for bullish bets over bearish.
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This ratio of puts to calls is higher than 99% of all those taken during the past year, pointing to extreme skepticism among options players.
As Huey and I headed down, one of the Afghans came running past us, pointing to a hole in his trousers where a bullet had just missed his leg.
He also called Republican criticism of the changes "hypocrisy, " pointing to past support from Republican governors -- including Romney -- for waivers to the federal requirements.
An old man was effortlessly cycling past me, laughing and pointing to the electric motor attached to his bike.
But my experiences are probably living proof of what the academics have been pointing out over the past few years: angel investing can be very lucrative, but it is a challenging path.
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In the past, brokers have justified their high fees by pointing to the quality of their advice.
Past elections involved clashes of ideas and angry finger-pointing between the big parties.
Emily objected most strenuously to the bedtime curfew, pointing out how frequently her homework takes her past 10 or 11 p.m.
In the past month both he and a string of ministers have visited Sabah, each pointing out how much federal assistance the ruling coalition can provide.
Second, while Obama didn't talk about dealing with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, it is worth pointing out the Taliban leadership, including Mullah Omar, has in the past several months taken every opportunity to say that it has no interest in a deal with the Afghan government.
Though the U.S. military sees progress in the war, pointing to campaigns in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand over the past year, the Taliban remain a formidable foe, retaining the ability to launch daily attacks, assassinating government officials and operating a shadow government in large swaths of the countryside.
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Apple watchers were a bit taken aback by the news yesterday that Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch will be joining the company as a vice president of technology, with some Apple fanboys saying they are surprised by the choice and pointing out that Lynch has been a vocal critic of the company in the past.
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"Here in Greece many people are really poor right now, " said Trompoukis, pointing out that for many workers salaries have dropped by more than a third over the past year, but costs have not.
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