Word: bonde
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...Foreign bond sales hit $5 billion...
...Wall Street lost its traditional role of financier to the world. An Interest Equalization Tax (I.E.T.) first proposed by President Kennedy and passed during the Johnson Administration made it prohibitively expensive for Americans to buy foreign securities and effectively forced foreigners who had been accustomed to floating bond issues in the U.S. to borrow elsewhere. But I.E.T. was lifted in mid-1974, and since then the foreigners have come flooding back sell what they call Yankee bonds to Americans. According to Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., the total ofj public foreign-bond borrowings in the U.S.-mostly by governments -jumped from...
Since 1974 more than 50 Yankee bond issues have been sold in the U.S., almost all by governments or organizations whose credit is government-guaranteed. Borrowers include the national governments of Australia, Finland and Norway; the city governments of Oslo and Stockholm; the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Investment Bank; the Japan Development Bank; the state-owned French railroad, telecommunications and electricity networks. Privately owned foreign companies still sell few bonds in the U.S.; they prefer to raise their money in Europe where, for all the disadvantages, there are no tough rules ordering disclosure of secret corporate...
After working on screenplays for eight James Bond films, I'm pleased by the suggestion that seeing one might help beat writer's block. Any thoughts about how to beat mine...
...whole wisdom of the pilgrimage unfolds as one walks along the valley of Arafat on this day. The pilgrim encounters millions of Moslems from all over the world. Though they are of different nationalities, races and colors, they all are united by the common bond of Islam. Asians, Africans, Arabs, Europeans and Americans all assemble there for a common purpose, joined by historical tradition. On this day the pilgrim awakens to the realization that he is part of a tremendous whole that goes beyond worldly distinctions and time restrictions. He feels the immense power of Islam as it weaves...