Word: brokering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hampers' campaign has also questioned Crane's relationship with food broker Gene Merkert, who employs him to perform what he says is a small amount of consulting work each year. She charges that Crane's friendship with the president of Merkert Enterprises has led to conflicts of interest. She has also said he works for the broker's firm during office time, at the Commonwealth's expense...
...uses of old words are bubbling up in almost every sector of American business. Wall Streeters talk about fallen angels (out-of-favor stocks at bargain prices), shark repellants (strategies used by companies to ward off takeover attempts) and fill or kill (an order to a broker that must be canceled if it cannot be completely and immediately executed). Management experts speak of skunk costs (money that cannot be recouped when a project is aborted), tin cupping (when one corporate division begs for management support) and deadheading (bypassing a senior employee in order to promote someone more junior). Computer aficionados...
...administration source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the reduction was carried out gradually and was decided on after Britain broke relations with Syria and the United States recalled its ambassador from Syria, the major power broker in Lebanon...
...resident or an absentee owner with a downpayment and an income large enough to carry a huge mortgage can benefit. Clearly, a landlord or a condominium developer can benefit as rents double or triple to market rates or condos are sold to the wealthiest buyers. Clearly, the real estate brokers can benefit as market rate rental units will double in number and/or condos are sold with ensuing broker fees...
...popular single investment for consumer credit: for education, for improvement on homes, for just about anything." Some taxpayers have started realigning their finances to take advantage of the home-equity loophole, which generally limits tax-deductible borrowing to the original cost of the property plus improvements. A real estate broker in Queens, N.Y., says one customer recently sold his house and then bought a similar one across the street in order to increase the amount of his tax-deductible mortgage borrowing from $70,000, the cost of the first house, to $270,000, the current price of the second...