Investors pulled a record amount of money from Pimco's flagship Total Return bond fund in June, a stark indication of how rising interest rates have pushed bonds out of favor.
REUTERS Investors Pull $9.6 Billion From Pimco Fund | Investors pulled a record amount of money from Pimco's flagship Total Return bond fund in June, a stark indication of how rising interest rates have pushed bonds out of favor.
Dozens of pairs of slippers in the porch are a stark indication of how many stay there.In Saitama, a bedroom community north-west of Tokyo, the scourge of poverty is well concealed.
The Philadelphia Fed's survey of manufacturing conditions in the region skidded to minus 41.3 in February, its lowest point since 1990 and a stark indication of contraction in new orders, shipments and the length of the workweek.
There is good news for Obama in these findings, but there's also a stark indication of the unchecked populist rage that could still overrun his ambitious plans.
The increase means that monthly premiums would top $100 for the first time, a stark indication of the rise in medical costs that is driving the debate in Congress about a broad overhaul of the health care system.
Put together, the results for the three leading Republicans amounted to a stark indication of a gap in enthusiasm and confidence between the two parties, driven in part by President Bush's low approval ratings, the war in Iraq and the failure of any of the Republican candidates to emerge as a clear front-runner, strategists in both parties said.
The World Food Program has announced that it will begin providing emergency food aid to more than half a million Zimbabweans, a stark indication of a deepening hunger crisis in a country that has traditionally been one of Africa's most self-sufficient.
India's cities are facing the problems right now but the pollution (and its problems) is a stark indication of what many more developing nations will face in future.
"The resignation of the speaker is a stark indication of the disarray of the House Republicans," she said.
