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...mountains, could a seafaring man more than sense the islands' dazzling diversity of terrain or the richness of their flora and fauna. Since Columbus first gazed on what was to be for three centuries the main corridor for settlement of the New World, the islands have accumulated an asset more precious than all the gold that was not there: people, of almost every ethnic origin, melded into distinct and assertively individual societies...
...escaped a bloody takeover attempt by the silver-coveting Hunt brothers of Dallas, is that bond buyers are expected to accept a lower rate of interest because of the bonds' silver lining. Other potential borrowers are closely watching the issue, since its success could mean cheap money for asset-rich gold-mining and even oil companies...
...emphasized the exotic in his personality, capitalizing on people's interest in his outrageous lifestyle and philosophy. The years of misty evocations of Zen consciousness, bachelor pad living, and inviting royalty to brown-bag lunches have taken their toll, however--the image of unorthodoxy that was Brown's greatest asset in 1976 has now become his chief liability. Brown's campaign staff works furiously to dispel the conception of the governor as a "California flake...
...gold and silver. But prices on the London and Zurich markets, which opened hours later, plunged. The slide was accelerated by West German bank supervisors, who ordered banks in that country to limit their investment in bullion and other precious metals to no more than 30% of the net asset value of the shareholders' equity. Thus some big West German banks, such as Dresdner and the Commerzbank, eventually might be forced to sell some of their huge gold and silver holdings, thereby helping to depress the price...
Shares of gold-and silver-mining companies leaped on Wall Street, as did the stocks of many so-called asset companies. Unlike financial, service or processing firms, the corporations that possess coal, oil, timber, copper or other resources have assets that retain value no matter what happens to inflation, the dollar or the economy...