Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK: Bloodied and bowed but hopefully bottomed-out, tech stocks got a reprieve Friday as traders went bargain-hunting amid the ruins of NASDAQ's week. The index was up 44 points in early afternoon after four-day losses of 200 points, or more that 12 percent. "It's a bounce-back from a horrible week," says FORTUNE writer Nelson Schwartz. "A lot of the earnings reports that came out of the sector were overly optimistic. But even so, a lot of people on the floor were surprised at the amount of hemorrhaging that went...
...thought the defense did a nice job in the first half," Murphy said. "But in the second we just didn't hold up our end of the bargain. We didn't play run defense...
...offset by significant disadvantages. For openers, there's the price tag. Sony's smallish set, with a 34-in.-diagonal screen, lists for a largish $8,999. RCA's 55-in. projection-screen set goes for $6,999. Panasonic's 56-in. projection model might appear to be a bargain at $5,999, but it can pick up only nondigital broadcasts--unless you buy the optional $1,700 digital decoder. Prices will eventually drop, of course, but Bill Mannion, general manager of Panasonic's TV division, acknowledges, "It's going to be a while, maybe years," before most consumers...
During the visit, the Democratic Party glitterati spent their mornings bargain-hunting at the downtown Filene's Basement. In the evenings they retreated to more refined establishments where they munchedon choice lobster...
Like in Harvard Square, the sidewalks are brick. A large beige bank presides over the square, while smaller sub shops, beauty salons and bargain clothing stores line the streets...