Word: bullish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While he has so far seemed unstoppable, Bloomberg may be coming into a vulnerable period. The financial-data industry, which grew at the breathtaking rate of 20% a year during the bullish 1980s, has slowed down. Since the stock- market minicrash in October 1989, demand for computerized business data has grown a tame 5%. A subsequent shakeout has already claimed some weaker firms, such as Bunker Ramo, GTE Financial and Pont Systems, through mergers and failures. To remain viable, survivors must invest heavily in the next generation of information technology. That could spell trouble for small outfits like Bloomberg, says...
WASHINGTON--George Bush's fear is almost palpable. You see it in his eyes, you hear it in the worried tones of his once-bullish staffers, you sense it even in the White House...
Personally, I'm bullish on America. For all our problems -- which are considerable, to put it mildly -- we've become leaner and meaner, and our quality has improved. Exports are up. Technology races along. And the flip side of the real estate collapse is the prospect of low rents -- bad for landlords and lenders, good for business and consumers. Hopeful signs...
...more than $1 billion. The most likely purchaser is the Italian automaker Fiat S.p.A. But the Soviets are not about to miss out on any better offers: they have hired Bear, Stearns, the Wall Street investment banking house, to provide them with some American know-how. Bear, Stearns is bullish on the U.S.S.R. Says Brian Murray, senior managing director: "Foreign companies who position themselves will really reap the benefits...
...sense that full-fledged journalists could perhaps do a better job than dilettantes as investigative reporters is reflected in the watchdogs' errors of omission. One issue of Extra! criticized Forbes magazine for publishing a bullish story on the Mexican economy without noting that the study from which the article was adopted had been funded by $10,000 contributions from 29 corporations -- each with a financial interest in Mexico. A more thorough investigation by FAIR staffers might have unearthed the fact that one of those $10,000 contributions was from Milken, and that the report was prepared by Polyconomics, owned...