Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Friday, U.S. unemployment hit a 14-year high and yet plenty of stocks rallied, with the Dow Industrials ending up nearly 250 points. On Monday, news of China's $586 billion stimulus package, a colossus of a program tha t should bolster the global economy, was washed away amid more company-specific concerns like the fate of G.M. It almost feels as though investors are once again paying attention to the underlying value of individual stocks, and aren't simply being swayed by broader economic news: bailouts, oil prices, hedge-fund liquidation, data pointing to recession...
...felt the need to personally reaffirm our commitment to the success of Marina Bay Sands." Apart from announcing that executives from Las Vegas Sands had met with officials from the Singapore government over the last week, however, the statement did not specify what steps are being taken to bolster the finances of his company or its Marina Bay project...
...billion next year. Sweden's Swedbank, which not long ago earned a fifth of its profits from the Baltic region, has seen its stock price halve in the past year over fears of exposure to bad loans, and on Oct. 27 it announced a $1.5 billion rights issue to bolster its finances. Two days later Austria's Erste Bank turned to the state for $3.5 billion, in part because of problems with its banking operations in Eastern Europe. In addition to Ukraine and Hungary, which holds high levels of debt in foreign currencies, Bulgaria, Romania and the Baltic states have...
Each year brings change in college hockey, and for the Harvard men’s hockey team, both ends of the ice have roles for the nine incoming freshmen to fill. Aside from the questions surrounding who will start in goal, Harvard is looking to bolster its offensive lines after graduating six forwards last season.The Crimson’s roster includes players who have substantial experience at the national junior level, but the first task will be to adjust to the pace of college hockey and the length of the season.Though some of Harvard’s top goal-scorers...
...CityStep’s favorable reception prompted the organization’s leaders to establish an endowment in the late 1980s in order to bolster its long-term health. Just last week, CityStep was designated a “Shared Interest Group” by the Harvard Alumni Association, meaning that the program’s leaders will now be able to reach out to all alumni...