Word: bonding
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...part of the ongoing criminal investigation, including ones with UBS, Morgan Stanley and Nextra Investment Management. In October, Nextra's parent, Italy's Banca Intesa, agreed to pay $208 million to Parmalat to avoid being taken to civil court for misstating the interest rate on a $390 million bond issue...
...enforceable pet trusts, in which people set aside money in their will for the care of their pet. And when it comes to animal cruelty, more than 40 states have felony-level charges that virtually ensure jail time for serious offenders. "The courts are beginning to realize that the bond between humans and animals is very powerful," says Steven Wise, a lawyer and animal-rights advocate who has written two books and taught a Harvard Law School course on the subject...
...lieu of absentee parents. Day in, day out, the pair do gardening, shopping and housework together, punctuated by regular outings to the house's beachfront--"Belle and Bea, by the sea, hand in hand." The tact with which Bea fills a maternal role is touching, the warmth of their bond palpable. One day Belle ventures onto the beach by herself and chases her big red ball into the sea. A crisis ensues that teaches her the true measure of Bea and the true meaning of friendship. In a poignant twist, the book's final page reveals the identity of grownup...
...careful deployment of his star power, which dwarfs the political power of individual members of the legislature. "He knows that for him to win, he has to use outside pressure, not inside deals," says Republican Congressman Dana Rohrbacher. When Democrats in the legislature balked at passing a $15 billion bond measure that Schwarzenegger put forward in November 2003 to prevent the state from going bankrupt, he appealed directly to the people in a special ballot last March. The bond measure passed easily. The Governor's spokesman, Rob Stutzman, is unapologetic about the end run. "The legislature is inherently not popular...
...last year the state got $30 billion in military contracts, much of it in high-tech areas in which the state has a long-established lead, such as guided missiles, navigation and communications equipment, and unmanned aircraft. Wall Street has raised California's credit rating one notch above junk-bond status, though it is still lower than all the other 49 states...