Word: brokering
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...urbane, articulate former President of Israel and exemplar of the nation's soldier-statesman tradition; in Tel Aviv. As U.N. ambassador in 1975, Herzog during debate defiantly tore up the infamous resolution equating Zionism with racism. (Years later, it was repealed.) As President, the ex-general worked to broker rifts in coalition Cabinets, isolate some extremists and push for voting reforms. DIED. GERALD PIAGET, 79, style-conscious co-founder of the family watchmaking firm famed for its ultraslim, ultraexpensive timepieces for women; in Areuse, Switzerland...
...look at life from their clients' point of view. The mortgage business, he says, offers rich opportunities for synergy. "What the consumer is saying is, 'I want to be able to buy a house like a car.'" That means obtaining financing at "the point of sale--which is our broker's office...
That Berman helped broker the Time Warner arrangement shortens the link between the White House and Hubbell's campaign to find work. Berman is in the first circle of advisers to the First Lady and talks regularly with Clinton's close friend and aide Bruce Lindsey. In an interview last week, Berman said the idea for hooking Hubbell up with Boggs was his alone; no one at the White House, he said, suggested or even knew of the deal. "Webb was looking for work," he explained. "I was a friend of Webb's. So I asked Webb...
...hedging his bets. Plenty of people believe traditional retail brokerage is headed for extinction. Plenty also think this merger won't work. Mack denies it, but he's fuming over Purcell's getting the top job. And I'd like to be there the first time a working-stiff broker from Dean Witter tells a millionaire banker from Morgan to set aside 100 shares of a hot new-stock deal for one of his piddling accounts. The culture gap is vast. At Dean Witter, their Discover cards are dull from use--not gleaming tickets to Main Street...
DIED. NOEL KEANE, 58, lawyer and controversial champion of surrogate parenting; of melanoma; in Dearborn, Michigan. Keane pioneered artificial-insemination contracts between husbands of infertile wives and willing child bearers. He helped broker 600 such arrangements...