Judith A. Rizzo, deputy chancellor for instruction of New York City schools, disputed the findings of the audit, saying that it was not appropriate to try to attribute gains in student test scores to any one factor, like a school improvement program.
Government spenders will claim victory, attributing gains to Washington's and Beijing's checkbooks.
"We attribute gains to acumen when they are the product of luck, and attribute losses to ill fortune when they are often the product of stupidity or inattention".
This requires that each account has orders independently executed and trades must be properly allocated to each client's account in order to properly attribute gains and losses.
That was the largest year-over-year gain since January 2006, and the association attributed the gains in part to a drop in homes sold after foreclosures.
With little market-moving news coming out of President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, analysts attributed the gains to upbeat quarterly profit reports, led by J.P. Morgan Chase.
Analysts attributed the gains to rising United States sales.
Mr. Conway has not attributed his gains to the commercial.
The company attributed the gains to the sale of 6.2 million shares in SK Telecom in July.
Disney executives attributed the gains to improving performance in its consumer products division, media networks and theme parks.
