Word: bonding
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...western hemisphere's second republic was created. However, there were no congratulatory salutes from the first, the United States of America. The new republic, Haiti, had gained its independence through a bloody 12-year slave uprising--the only time in the history of the world in which bond servants successfully overthrew their masters and formed their own state...
...reportedly investigating directed brokerage at Capital Research. Directed brokerage occurs when a mutual fund pays a brokerage firm—which completes stock and bond trades for the mutual fund—extra money so that the brokerage firm increases advertising efforts for the mutual fund, Nester said...
...Asia, this goods-for-bonds system is beginning to outlive its usefulness. For a start, if U.S. interest rates rise, as Greenspan has hinted they soon will, bond prices will fall?and the value of the assets held by Japan and China will be slashed. Another concern is that buying dollar assets to keep its exports cheap might have worked a bit too well for China, with strong exports contributing to the over-heating of the mainland economy. The biggest failing of the goods-for-bonds deal, however, is that it has hooked American consumers onto cheap imports and caused...
...Already, Asia's willingness to bankroll America's debts may be starting to wane. David Wyss, chief economist at ratings agency Standard & Poor's, says anecdotal evidence from bond traders suggests that China's purchases of American securities are slowing. Japan's appetite for U.S. bonds might also begin to ease, if its own economy continues to recover, making domestic investments more attractive than buying American debt. If China and Japan lose their hunger for American assets, the dollar will slide. The question is: how far and how fast? A gradual drop would boost U.S. exports, cut its trade deficit...
Nike has not been as active in the commercial market, but it may have developed the most innovative cooling product for the Games. This winter Nike tested its Precool vest, which looks like a James Bond jetpack, on the Australian field-hockey team and found that it slows the rise of athletes' core body temperature 19% during competition. The company's researchers instruct athletes to wrap themselves in the close-fitting vest, which holds about a dozen ice packs, for 60 minutes before a race or game. During the first 30 minutes, the athlete relaxes; the next 30 are spent...