Word: bargain
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...have been an "insurance theft," where the criminals hope to make their money by bargaining with the museum's insurance company for a cash fraction of the value. That might sound hopeful, except that there is no insurance company to bargain with. The Gardner Museum -- like many other U.S. museums -- carries damage insurance but no theft coverage on its collection. To do so in the context of today's art prices, a spokesman explained, could cost some $3 million a year; the museum's total operating budget is only $2.8 million...
...face. President Chaim Herzog is now expected to give Peres the first shot at forming a new coalition, a process that could take weeks -- and that typically brings out the worst in Israeli politics. Since Labor has only 39 seats in the Knesset, against Likud's 40, Peres must bargain for the support of the smaller parties, ranging from Arab communists to Orthodox rabbis. The balance of power is held by the fickle religious parties, which control 18 seats and see nothing wrong with bartering their support for more money for yeshivas and military deferments for religious students...
...more and more employers move quickly to replace striking workers, some union leaders are beginning to view their biggest weapon, the refusal to work, as little more than labor suicide. Says Robert Turcotte of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: "We have nothing to bargain with now. Labor has an empty...
...marriage entails a kind of Faustian bargain. Any league that wants to pry big bucks from TV's big spenders must, to one degree or another, adapt to the needs of the tube. That can mean anything from inserting commercial time-outs to overhauling the season schedule. As the money keeps growing, so does TV's determination to get the most from its investment by orchestrating the show for maximum viewer appeal. The medium that once simply covered America's favorite sports has virtually taken them over...
...Wall Street, some firms have created funds that let small investors profit from improvements in the condition of ailing companies. Called "vulture," "phoenix" or even "Lazarus" funds, such portfolios invest in troubled companies deemed likely to return to health. Other brokerages specialize in recommending bargain-price stocks and bonds of ailing companies to their clients. "You just have to do your homework," says Michael Singer, the president of R.D. Smith, which advised its customers to buy Public Service of New Hampshire bonds in 1988 after the utility filed for bankruptcy. The price of the bonds has since climbed from...