Not that he hasn't hit rough spots in the road--in 2002 his portfolio was down almost 40%.
But for some music stars, though, things aren't that rough--even if you're not selling records, tapes, CDs or downloads, there are plenty of ways to make money.
These days, a person doesn't really need to rough it if they don't want to.
"Google has said in many conferences that this number isn't accurate, that it's a rough signal but shouldn't make any determination about a site, " says Fishkin.
When we couldn't escape from a rough sea, we would take refuge in a cave and pass the night shivering.
Current luminaries include Peter Bone, Michael Connarty and Margot James - and even seasonal goodwill won't save the immigration minister, Mark Harper, from a rough ride, if they don't like what they hear.
Long-term holders who stayed aboard through rough times haven't been compensated for their patience.
Next up was the Food Photo Image Analyzer (note that these product names aren't final, and are likely rough translations).
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He lets his Bavarian supplier (which usually doesn't deal in such small lots) rough cut the upper portion and install the ankle padding.
Even if the contracts aren't consolidated, Net 1 still faces a rough patch.
To keep costs down, Mr. Breaux used an architect only to draw rough plans and he didn't hire an interior designer.
If you miss the fairway, don't expect them to hold approach shots from the rough.
But what often happens to money managers who hit a rough patch is that they don't want to admit they lost their touch.
It hadn't been that long since his family had experienced rough financial times after losing their residential development business in the housing crisis.
"I wasn't going to leave something that was working for the rough and unpredictable waters of network television, " he says.
The subsidized approach may even be volatile -- it's only successful as long as overall business is successful, which isn't very reassuring when Amazon has lately faced a few rough quarters.
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Tory MPs won't have forgotten or forgiven, so he can expect a rough ride, with yet more venom added by the impending Eastleigh by-election.
It is good to see that Mr Mehta hasn't lost his joie de vivre after four decades in the rough and tumble of Indian journalism.
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Although there's a rough total of reported cases, we don't know how many there have really been, and how often these are serious, because we have little idea how many people have sub-clinical symptoms.
He said journalists agreed among themselves to consider the remarks off the record because they didn't want to get a summit staffer heard into a "rough patch" after he disclosed that the audio could be heard.
Scott has assembled an engagingly rough and ready, workmanlike cast, but doesn't give them anything interesting to say for themselves.
And this is a rough measure since an appraisal for a building isn't usually performed regularly, and often is done only when it is to be sold.
Let's face it -- HomePlug AV has had a pretty rough go of it, and while we wouldn't consider the technology dead just yet, we can't imagine it ever rising to prominence at this point.
We know it's been a rough couple of nights for you folks who didn't get your pre-order on (or got the shaft, even so) trying to hunt down a Playstation 3 without becoming the hunted, but there's an off chance that CompUSA may still be able to save your sanity.
The Model S is surprisingly nimble for such a large and heavy automobile, and it doesn't sacrifice ride quality for the sake of dynamics -- it handled rough roads with composure and just the right amount of stiffness.
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Last month's figures weren't the runaway disaster many had feared, but that only shows how rough things have become, as the U.S. economy deals with the twin problems of inflation and a slowdown. (See: "CPI Shows Inflation Is Still Chugging") In particular, energy prices have spiked by 15.9% over the past year, and food prices have gone up an eye-opening 5.1%.
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