For investors who profited from the credit crisis, the answer often lay outside the prospectus: in visiting housing developments or in picking apart one mortgage pool at a time.
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The All Whites only just qualified for the top tier of European competition and the pool draw this time has done them few favours, with Montferrand, Leinster and Bristol their opponents.
Squads are made up of 13 players with a maximum of seven in the pool at any one time.
But the growing talent pool comes at a time when U.S. colleges are increasing efforts to recruit internationally, especially for men's teams.
About a decade and a half ago, she hosted an Oscar Night Party and there was a cake and guests had an Oscar pool and screamed every time somebody won.
This approach is based on an industrial-age understanding of oligopoly, where over time a pool of competitors shrinks to just the most efficient handful that can all be profitable in the long term.
Togo, a one-year-old seal pup who was flown Denmark to his new home at St Andrews Aquarium, on Thursday, was in a separate pool to allow him time to adjust to his new surroundings.
The big, smart brand has figured out a way to pool the idle computer time of the thousands of members of its People for a Smarter Planet campaign on Facebook and use it to fight childhood cancer, find treatments for AIDS, research clean energy solutions, and many other things that will benefit humanity.
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Winning a Heineken Cup match away from home is something Edinburgh, who also face Guinness Premiership champions Wasps in Pool 2, have not managed since 2004, the only time they got beyond the pool stages.
At the same time, the pool of Americans eligible for military service is shrinking, and competition for high-quality recruits is intensifying.
The U.S. will play in Pool C with two-time champions Australia, Ireland, Italy and another European team, while Uruguay can still qualify through further playoffs.
His accomplishments should act as an annuity of sorts, kicking off a few million dollars a year from sponsors for decades after his time in the pool is done.
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But oh, the things she's seen on my end: the excuse-making, the nightgown under the trench coat to drive the car pool, the panic every time I see a gray hair--and that's just the small stuff.
In a 401(k) world, investment risk is no longer borne by the employer, who has trained, professional money managers at his disposal to diversify, create a huge portfolio and do actuarial scenarios to see if the money in the pool will last a long time.
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Smaller companies, with less practice and a shallower talent pool, often have a tougher time with the process.
So when it came time to test the pool-cleaning Aquabot Turbo T2, we figured, hey, give the gears a break.
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Not just for the sake of the 300 telecommuters, but for the sake of her talent pool, emphasizing results over face time would have made the difference.
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It will be up to the French public to decide whether it wants to watch the antics of constestants such as David, Julie or, Loana - a professional stripper, who spends most of her time in the swimming pool.
Ms. ERIN CALLAN (Chief Financial Officer, Lehman Brothers): We can tap into this pool to get additional cash at any time.
"This is a great time to build your talent pool, " Bhusri says.
MS. PSAKI: Well, you're right, we agree that the number of undecided voters is a very small pool and has been for quite some time.
Torres took her time getting out of the pool, looking up at the stands where for nearly three decades she has been cheered on her in Olympic bids.
Time to relax by the pool with a good book -- though, judging by what's on your reading list this year, perhaps it's time to go for the anonymity of an e-reader.
New Zealand need to increase their talent pool but it is going to take time if the performance of their youth team at the last Under-19 World Cup, where they lost to Nepal in the Plate final after failing to progress in the main competition, is any indication.
In other words, turn the Big Data into a much smaller pool of relevant answers and actions in real time if possible.
Wasps, who trailed 14-10 at half-time, ended second in the pool but with insufficient points to secure one of the two best runner-up spots.
Barths, Sabine Masseglia, Director of Sales, Marketing, and Communications, has a couple that has taken room 22, an ocean-view pool suite, every year at the same time since 1991.
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The state's growers have rapidly expanded capacity to their orchards in recent years, contributing to 2010's record crop of 110 million boxes, at the same time that growth in the labor pool has stagnated.
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