Word: closing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Last September, with global stock markets collapsing and credit markets frozen, Geithner, then head of the New York Fed, and Bernanke believed AIG was too close to collapse to do anything other than stop the bleeding. Failure by AIG to pay might have threatened its counterparties - for instance, Citigroup and, in turn, Citi's counterparties. A bond or a derivative is, after all, a promise to pay someone, and if there is no confidence in its fulfillment, the financial system ceases to function. It is not a fear that has gone away simply because AIG has been stabilized...
...requests for comment.) For locals, reporting what I had seen on the plane could land them in a labor camp for compromising national security. The week before I arrived, several Arakanese with vaguely political backgrounds were rounded up by the police and haven't been seen since. "They close our ears and they close our mouths," says an Arakanese political dissident, noting the heavy Burmese security presence that can make even casual conversation at a teahouse fraught. "And now, they are taking our treasures, our oil and gas. What do we get in return? Nothing...
Cameron wasn't surprised. One theory, he says, is that 3-D viewing "is so close to a real experience that it actually triggers memory creation in a way that 2-D viewing doesn't." His own theory is that stereoscopic viewing uses more neurons. That's possible. After watching all that 3-D, I was a bit wiped out. I was also totally entertained...
...retroactive tax would hit people who had nothing to do with the bets that pulled their firms under - but that's not all bad, because in the future it would give executives reason to keep a close eye on risks being taken elsewhere in their companies. Yeah, there are complications - the main one being that lots of highly paid employees of AIG, Citigroup and the like are overseas and not subject to U.S. taxes. But it's worth a try. If nothing else, it would give the outraged American electorate the sense that the responsible parties are paying for something...
...schoolwork or whatever, but when I go on [the athletic] side I can just release stress and let it all out in the pool.”“It’s been great,” Dan adds. “The team is really close and there are always guys to hang out with who support you..we definitely, definitely made the right decision.”The Crimson family provided a welcome home for the Jones brothers, but Dan and Bill faced the immediate challenge of fitting into a highly-structured program after largely self...