Word: chip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, has been at the back of the thundering herd of market indexes, partly because it is made up of blue-chip issues favored by relatively conservative investors. Broader market indexes including Standard & Poor's 500 and the Wilshire 5,000 had already reached all-time record levels by early August. Says Justin Mamis, chief strategist for the investment firm Cowen & Co.: "All the Dow can do now is put the lipstick on." The allure of stocks is broadening rapidly as more and more investors join the stampede, which is demonstrated by the big increase in the market's volume...
...goal was to seize Obeid, 32, whom the Israelis identify as a spiritual and military leader of the Shi'ite fundamentalist Hizballah (Party of God), a group with close ties to Iran that is holding most of the Western hostages. The Israelis say they wanted Obeid as a bargaining chip to gain release of three Israeli military men taken prisoner in southern Lebanon...
...agreement between the manufacturers and the recording industry states that every DAT recorder will contain a computer chip that digitally encodes a signal on the tape when the first copy is made. This inaudible code will prevent a machine from making subsequent copies of that tape. That way, consumers can make a copy of a CD to play in their cars or portable machines, but that copy cannot be used to mass-produce more tapes to give or sell to other people...
...those maneuvers--like the Iran-Contra deal--which looks infallible on paper. The abduction of Sheik Abdul Karem Obeid could have proved a profitable and much needed bargaining chip for the release of Israeli soldiers taken captive by Hezbollah terrorists...
CREDIT: Forecasts by Blue Chip Economic Indicators...