Word: chasings
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...issuing in lieu of cash as it grapples with a $24 billion budget crisis--are appearing on websites like Craigslist, where opportunists are buying them at a discount so they can turn a profit when the IOUs come due on Oct. 2. Meanwhile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Chase agreed to accept the IOUs at face value through July 10. After that, recipients will have to go to check-cashing storefronts or credit unions, which will take them at a fraction of the full price...
...dressed in traditional garb and carrying rolled-up newspapers to swat the bulls if necessary. They sing a traditional homage to St. Fermin, asking him to guide them through the run. After two small rockets are fired, six bulls are released (along with a herd of steers), and the chase is on. The event generally takes just a few minutes. (Read a TIME article from 1932 about Pamplona's running of the bulls...
...across some of the region's fastest-growing economies gives it an enviable profile. StanChart "is one of the best-placed banks in the world," says Alex Potter, banking analyst at brokerage Collins Stewart in London. "It had high profits in its home markets and didn't need to chase high-risk products...
...Many mid-market employers are focusing their recruiting efforts on general management positions as well as sales and marketing, says Mickey Matthews, who directs North American operations for Stanton Chase, a Dallas-based recruiting firm with 2008 revenues of $65 million. "Eighteen months ago companies might have been looking at supply chain management or their global procurement team," says Matthews, "but now they're looking for lead sales and marketing people. Most clients feel we're going to be out of this [recession] by the end of the year, and they want to have the right sales leadership so they...
...Change In a potential sign of hope for the ailing U.S. economy, the Treasury Department agreed to let 10 large banks begin repaying $68 billion in federal aid they received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Having passed "stress tests," some large firms like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are expected to return the bailout money ahead of the original timetable set by the White House...