Unfortunately, if he continues to wait for that sale to be made, the commission may never report at all.Mr Bush's economic team now has more modest yardsticks for success.
His old Boston family had its own fortune, which, while somewhat modest if your yardstick is the Carnegies, was substantial enough that "when I graduated from law school I became the first member of my family to actually earn a living in 100 years," he jokes.
The Nasdaq Composite Index eked out a gain of 1.22% on the day, but the technology-heavy yardsticks modest advance cloaked the fact that most over-the-counter stocks actually fell.
The Nasdaq Composite Index eked out a gain of 1.22% on the day, but the technology-heavy yardstick's modest advance cloaked the fact that most over-the-counter stocks actually fell.
Only the remaining $500m, says Mr Breen, consists of "mistakes" in Tyco's accounting between 1997 and 2002 a modest tally, by recent yardsticks.
The yardstick for success at C.R.I. is modest.
On the other hand, too much results in inflation.By that yardstick, demand in China is still modest.
In the broad market, meanwhile, widely quotd yardstick S&P 500 edged up a modest 0.24% to close at 1364.
Mr Weill's strike will put further pressure on all but the biggest independent securities firms to find partners.At first glance, the tab for Salomon looks modest at twice the book value of its assets, a common yardstick.
Hardware, software and Internet stocks took the hardest fall, while a more modest decline among transportation and financial stocks helped the blue chips in the Dow Jones Industrial Average curb that yardstick's tumble.
