71. Banks, the most interest-rate sensitive issues, compete with fixed-income securities because of their steady stream of dividend-rich payments. 72. Because Austin workers have been losing their jobs in a steady stream all year, the local unemployment rate already reflects most of those job losses. 73. Because fund companies earn a steady stream of fees, their earnings do not typically rise or fall with gains and declines in the financial markets. 74. Because so many innocent Catholics were caught in the dragnet, internment radicalized a whole generation of nationalists, ensuring the IRA a steady stream of recruits. 75. Banks around the globe have targeted asset management as a business that will provide a steady stream of income as aging populations invest in their own retirement. 76. Banks compete with bonds because of their steady stream of regular dividend payments. 77. Banks compete with bonds for investors because of their steady stream of dividend-rich payments. 78. Barnes had to compromise on a formula that guaranteed counties outside the Atlanta region a steady stream of road money. 79. Before he got there, Jason made sure that he found his own steady stream of black happiness. 80. Beijing now has a small but active rock music scene, a large community of painters and sculptors, and a steady stream of sometimes shocking performance art. |