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...Ratio of the average salary of a Japanese CEO to that of a Japanese blue-collar worker...
...They were determined to make it in America, to achieve everything that any immigrant to this country has ever wanted - to own a home, to buy a car, to send their daughters to college. And they were determined to achieve this dream at almost any price. Their blue-collar jobs left them physically drained; negotiating their way in a country whose customs they did not always understand left them emotionally exhausted. They bickered constantly...
...demanding debt relief for the world's poorest countries. Heavy-handed policing has, however, for the most part allowed the annual meetings of the bank and fund to proceed unmolested. Still, images of riot policemen dragging young Americans off the streets of the nation's capital, and of blue-collar workers making common cause with turtle-hugging environmentalists has reinforced the idea, in the public mind, that there are many Americans unconvinced about the virtues of globalization. "Like the earlier Seattle protests over trade, the Washington protests have certainly put issues of the world economy...
...collar. Say you own 100 shares of Intel, trading last week at $120. You can buy a January 2001 put option at $110 for $13.50 a share and sell a January 2001 call option at $140 for the same price. Your net cost is zero. Together those options mean that you can sell for $110 no matter how low Intel goes but that you'll never get a dime more than $140. Not a bad insurance policy if you suspect trouble...
...38th day, the union officials said, "Let there be flight!" One of the longest and largest white-collar strikes in American history came to an end Friday when members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace reached a tentative agreement with aerospace giant Boeing over wages and benefits. The settlement, described by analysts as "generous" to the union, highlights both increasing competition for Boeing from the European aircraft consortium, Airbus, and a general corporate love affair with stock prices that appears to have pushed the issue of corporate costs into the background...