Michael Kelly, head of investments at Christus and a fervent hedge fund convert, calls it a good deal, given BBT's 11-year string of profits (13.6% a year, after fees).
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President Barack Obama, who broke the 20-year string of either a Bush or Clinton in the Oval Office, thanked his predecessors, noting that the "world's most exclusive club" acted more like "a support group" of former presidents who help each other.
This year, following a string of deaths early in the year, politicians and citizens alike are imploring the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to follow the lead of cities in Asia and Europe that have installed barriers along the platform edges to prevent suicides and accidents.
Lulzsec, an off-shoot of the Anonymous hacking collective, gained notoriety last year with a string of high-profile attacks on websites and businesses.
The expected announcement is the latest in a year-long string of efforts by government officials to put strings on executive pay by companies that have received bailout cash.
He compares this year's string of refinery shutdowns to the California electricity crunch six years ago, when some power-plant operators deliberately idled plants in order to drive up the price.
Meanwhile, a survey by a UK legal magazine suggested a mixed picture for Scottish law firms in a year marked by a string of mergers and acquisitions.
The company has struggled with falling flash memory and semiconductor prices in its core business for the past year, prompting a string of poor performances in the earnings confessional.
The 33-year-old made a string of saves as his side overcame Morecombe 1-0 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Just over a year later, following a string of strokes, his close friend and music publicist Keith Altham announced he had died at his home on 4 February in Andover, surrounded by family and friends.
First, says Mr Parr, a string of bankruptcies last year reduced supply at home.
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Dreiling has changed the nature of the company in his four-year tenure, sprucing up the string of 10, 000 locations and expanding product offerings.
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In the last year Google has scored an impressive string of wins, including at the Swiss drug maker Hoffmann-La Roche, where over 80, 000 employees use the package, and at the Interior Department, where 90, 000 use it.
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The 53-year-old star recently postponed a string of concerts due to a bleeding ulcer.
Mr Mamut already owns 6% of HMV, which has issued a string of profits warnings this year.
Further, Albany corruption, which is always an issue in statewide campaigns, is expected to be a bigger issue next year after this spring's unprecedented string of arrests and charges.
The Braddan man recorded a string of fine results last year, including victory at the Dunrod 150 and top-10 finishes at both the TT and the North West 200.
He's more concerned that nobody on his team has ever played in the glare of an NCAA tournament game, while LIU Brooklyn (20-13) won the Northeastern Conference tournament title for the third year in a row to extend its string of NCAA trips.
Both coaches are under extreme pressure with Hadden looking to improve on a wretched string of results over the past year.
That is not good news for a government which faces a string of key state elections this year in the run-up to general elections, due in 2009.
California, and second-year coach Lindsay Gottlieb, finally broke the string.
BofA's investment bank has been hit by a string of departures and reshuffles this year with, for example, high-profile dealmaker Andrea Orcel leaving to join Swiss bank UBS .
Merseyside-born Costello, born Declan MacManus, emerged on the back of the late 1970s UK punk rock movement with his band The Attractions, recording a string of successful albums including This Year's Model, Armed Forces and Get Happy.
There have been a string of helicopter downings in Iraq this year.
Byrd's round was his best of the year, and he capped it off with a string of birdies that began with a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-three sixth green and ended with a wedge to six feet of the pin on eight.
Just ask yourself, if you were a 21-year-old Stanford graduate with the world on a string, which company would you want to work for?
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As Bloomberg noted on Thursday, the seven day string of declines seen from the 10-year notes marks the longest streak of losses in over half a decade.
Home prices compared to the previous year have now fallen for three straight months, an unprecedented string of declines.
The move is the latest in a string of milestones for Giffords since the 40-year-old congresswoman was shot in the forehead.
Statistics from the China Iron and Steel Association showed that the biggest steel firms there have returned to profitability, but oversupply and a string of unprofitable months have made it a tough year for the industry.
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