Word: crunching
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While Guest may have felt a time crunch, money isn’t an issue. At the register, armed with 5.4 pounds of used clothing, Guest manages to spend $5.40 out of the $24 limit. The pound goes for only $1.00 on Fridays...
...with a hint of downtown New York,” Sung says. Think Ralph Lauren with a twist. Sung, who is also a Crimson Arts Columnist, strolls through the fabric store’s aisles and aisles of multi-colored buttons and faux-fur. Despite the one-day time crunch, Sung is the essence of cool. Dressed in a casual white button-down and gray wool sweater loosely tied around her waist, Sung slings a CVS bag filled with Kraft Easy Mac on one arm, and brown leather handbag across the other. It is this personal sense of simplicity...
...government's money directly, but in the case of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, they were facing a severe crunch," says analyst Brad Hintz, who covers financial firms at Sanford Bernstein and is a former chief financial officer of Lehman Brothers. "Had it not been for the government's help in refinancing their debt, they may not have had the cash to pay bonuses." When asked, the Treasury would not comment directly on Wall Street's bonus plans, though spokeswoman Brookly McLaughlin did reiterate the bailout's intent. "There is broad agreement that the Treasury's capital purchase program...
...described as Russia's wealthiest man, took place aboard Deripaska's super-yacht and in other opulent Adriatic locations over a long weekend in August. Throw in cameo appearances by Rupert Murdoch and his daughter Elisabeth, and the Corfu capers are proving the perfect distraction from Britain's credit crunch woes. A month ago Labour and the Conservatives pledged cross-party cooperation to shield Brits from the economic crisis, but nobody ever imagined it would take this form...
...moment, Osborne and his colleagues are left scratching, but fleas have a habit of jumping and in recent days some reporters have turned their attention to the ties that bind Rothschild and Deripaska and to the impact of the credit crunch on their business interests. Rothschild explained in his Times letter that he was moved to intervene because of Osborne's original indiscretion in telling a journalist about his private conversation with Mandelson. "It ill behoves all political parties to try and make capital at the expense of another in such circumstances. Perhaps in future it would be better...