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In Many Ways, 2009 Was the Year of Palin

By Steve PendleburyDec 29th 2009 – 7:19PM
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Getty Images

(Dec. 29) -- The president is always under a microscope, so it's natural that he dominates the news throughout the year. That's especially true for the first year of a young president who was swept into office on the promise of change. But if anyone rivaled President Barack Obama this year when it came to making headlines...

Photos of the Year

By Steve PendleburyDec 26th 2009 – 3:13PM
AP

AP

The news comes to us every day, all day long, in a torrent of words. Countless words on computer screens. More words on printed pages. Words heard on radio and TV. So many words that they all start to run together in the course of a year and news stories end up muddled in our memories. Yet a single photograph has the...

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An annual report is a comprehensive report on a company's activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested people information about the company's activities and financial performance.

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