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These days that means going after the stock market, and there can be little doubt that that's what Chairman Greenspan is up to--even if he won't say so, which he won't. Last week the Fed boss pushed the benchmark federal funds target rate to 6%, the fifth increase in nine months. For emphasis, he raised the symbolic discount rate as well and all but promised more to come. Banks followed by boosting their prime rate to 9%, the highest in five years--meaning higher costs for credit cards and mortgages...
...dubious style, which have become less frequent ever since a fellow employee took a pair of scissors to his own mullet, originate mainly from hockey players and those stuck in the '80s. Abreu explains that they seek "a bi-level look that doesn't quite connect," the benchmark of a good mullet. However, she vehemently denies ever giving anyone a mullet by accident or even wanting to give anyone a mullet. Ever...
...they spent more time trying to imitate the old-line Standard & Poor's 500 index than mimic the hot stocks that individuals have chased successfully. Now they have to scramble to own these red-hot stocks and dump the laggards if they are to keep up with the new benchmark to beat: the NASDAQ 100, which is much more overweighted with dotcom names...
...Omidyar had lined up a venture-capital firm (Benchmark Capital, whose initial $6.5 million investment is now worth some $4 billion). eBay hired a marketing consultant to come up with the company's catchy, multicolored logo and confronted (and later defeated) threats from two new auction sites backed by well-funded big companies: Onsale and Auction Universe...
...system of compensation includes "clawback" provisions, which withhold portions of bonuses contingent on future performance. Managers could lose the withheld portions if future investments perform below benchmark...