Word: broker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Rudenstine's] authority doesn't get lost in the sense that he's not just a broker," says Kim B. Clark, dean of the Business School...
...resident of Oxford Street reported that on Sept. 13 a person from whom she was subletting the apartment took money for rent from her but did not turn it over to the real estate broker...
...ever wondered why a broker pitched one mutual fund over another, you're not alone. The SEC, according to the Wall Street Journal, is looking into instances of fund companies paying brokerages to push their products with extra zeal. The agency is also worried that funds might be overspending on trades to reward brokerages for fund sales. You could get hit with lower returns and higher fees, so ask funds about "exclusivity agreements...
Harvard students will have a chance to soak in some words of wisdom from a major international power broker on Thursday...
Other women have not been so amenable. In 1990, Midge Martin, then a 65-year-old financial broker, sued the Longmeadow Country Club in Massachusetts for gender discrimination. The club excluded women from voting, prime tee times and the men's grill. In the months that followed, Martin reportedly received threatening phone calls, her crab-apple trees were uprooted from her lawn, and her Himalayan cat, Max, was poisoned. She later reached a settlement with the club, which included $45,000 for her legal fees...