Word: bonanzas
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...economy like energy, and gradually backtracking on promises of free market reforms. By the end of last year, even members of Putin's own team - his economic adviser Andrei Illarionov and Trade Minister German Gref - were complaining that reforms had stalled and the President had failed to use the bonanza in oil revenues to shift the economy away from its near total dependence on oil and gas and toward a more diversified set of exports. In December, Illarionov warned that Russia had once again returned to "an interventionist model with dramatic and utterly incompetent interference from the state...
...experts say. Though University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee has estimated that the financial-services industry could reap $940 billion in fees over the next 75 years from private accounts--real money, even by Wall Street standards--some firms say the accounts look more like a headache than a bonanza. "Wall Street is at best ambivalent. The size of the accounts is nothing big," says Robert Pozen, chairman of MFS Investment Management. "How many Wall Street firms do you know that are running after people with $5,000 accounts...
...soon descended on al-Qaqaa and pilfered the remaining weaponry, ammunition and equipment. In late April IAEA's chief weapons inspector for Iraq warned the U.S. of the vulnerability of the site, and in May 2003, an internal IAEA memo warned that terrorists could be looting "the greatest explosives bonanza in history." Seventeen months later, on Oct. 10, in response to a long-standing request from the IAEA to account for sensitive materials, the interim Iraqi government notified the agency that al-Qaqaa had been stripped clean. The White House learned about the notification a few days later...
...clergy may see all this as a revival; Hollywood sees it as a customer bonanza. New Line Cinema reaches out to Christian groups with films--like Secondhand Lions, about a boy living with his two codgerly, kindly uncles--whose themes might resonate. Says Russell Schwartz, New Line's president of domestic marketing: "The thing about all special-interest groups--Christian, Jewish, whatever--is that they have to discover something relevant to their experience." Some studio bosses go further. Baehr says he talked with a mogul who told him, "We want to be seen as Christian friendly. We realize there...
...drum up interest in their burgeoning handcrafted jewelry business. The partners wore tailored black pantsuits befitting the successful entrepreneur. But they weren't in Chicago to meet with potential investors or customers. Standing in front of an impressive display of their bracelets, chokers and belts, the founders of Bead Bonanza prepared to be judged by a panel of home-economics teachers and students. "We taught our employees to interact with people, be creative and excel yourself and stuff," said Jianna, clutching notecards during a 20-min. sales presentation. Brianna and Jianna are just 13, and they were trying...