1.   This is a high-risk fund, which leverages its portfolio, buys emerging Market debt and generally operates near the edge.

2.   A large part of the profits, those defenders add, stem from record beef production levels, which keep processing plants operating near capacity.

3.   Construction activity is vigorous, steel production is at a good level, and the heavy truck industry is operating near capacity.

4.   Cuban smugglers have operated with near impunity.

5.   Crude oil is expected to fall in the coming week amid expectations that U.S. inventories will keep rising, even with refiners operating at near maximum rates.

6.   Crude oil sank amid expectations that U.S. inventories will keep rising, even with refiners operating at near maximum rates.

7.   Hassan also reported that the security situations in the cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat had improved, enabling relief agencies to operate near full capacity.

8.   In a statement Wednesday, the Fed noted that indicators of inflationary pressure, like low unemployment rates and factories operating near capacity, continued to rise.

9.   Israel has insisted that Hezbollah was operating near the camp, using the civilians as a shield.

10.   Last month, he said, prosecutors used information gleaned from drug haulers to return indictments on two sizable rings operating near Pecos.