Word: bonding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...millions of dollars behind its budgets, with the deficits covered through big-time borrowing. This year the lenders, spooked by the spectacular bankruptcy of nearby Orange County, seem ready to rebel. Within days of Reed's announcement, three major investment services warned potential buyers of L.A. County's bond issues that its credit rating was being reviewed or downgraded, an adjustment that could signal the start of a tailspin. Zev Yaroslavsky, a fiscally hard-nosed Democrat who is the swing vote on the five-person County Board of Supervisors, which must rule on Reed's proposal, says, "The Latino community...
...same in four years." Now he's an advocate of Pearl Jam's effort to boycott Ticketmaster, the ticket-distribution service, in protest against its high prices. "Even if Pearl Jam fails, it doesn't matter," he says. "At least they've solidified their bond with the audience...
Orientation week is a seven-day cocktail party. It's a homework-free romp through the Yard. It's an opportunity to bond with geniuses who got 1600s on their SATs and roommates who snorkle, write award-winning poetry and splice genes in their free time. It's along, strange trip that's completely forgotten a month later...
...industry sales remain "depressed" and home-buying is slower than last year. On the upside, the survey found only mild inflationary pressures. Greenspan's comments have convinced many Fed-watchers that he won't push to cut interest rates when the Fed convenes next month, as many stock and bond investors hope he will. ButTIME's Suneel Ratansays the current economic signals are now so confusing that even Fed members are waiting for the fog to lift. Even if they do not cut rates at the July meeting, Ratan reports, the governors may cut them at any time as more...
...Cage, located right in Courtroom D in the Connecticut Superior Court in Bridgeport, functions as a temporary jail cell for men who haven't made bond. The dozen men held inside, their hands shackled behind them, were arrested over the weekend and are awaiting arraignment; new detainees are herded in and out all day. In the midst of this noise and mayhem, some of the accused meet their lawyers for the last time before approaching the bench and confer hastily through the metal mesh about their pleas. Though the state affiliate of the A.C.L.U. has brought a class action against...