Word: deal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case. But a shift is under way, one that has highlighted Berkshire's operating performance, and is forcing Wall Street to change the way it looks at the stock. Buffett has been buying more whole companies than company shares in recent years. Just last week he signed a deal to buy all of Jordan's Furniture, a New England retailer with $250 million in annual sales. His biggest deals, though, have been in insurance, starting with auto insurer Geico in 1996 and then the $22 billion acquisition of reinsurer General Re at the end of 1997. (Insurance companies need...
...There are sound reasons for fearing the recent megamergers of corporations, but there is also the irrational reaction that we do not like the idea of anything that makes puny our control, our self-regard, our size. Thus the insults "Big man! Big shot!" Thus the derisive "Big deal!" Thus Wilt...
...culture," which, the last time I checked, is controlled by white men. But when I called Faludi, she warned against such finger pointing. "We're all complicit in a culture that disfigures people. Most of us participate as consumers," she said. "The blame game is too easy. People should deal with a more complex dynamic than 'Who are we going to put on a wanted poster?'" Wanted posters sound good and manly...
...class, the response is, typically, "You're supposed to be a leader at this school. I expect more from you." Not all the high-profile athletes seem to feel the pressure, though. Karl Odenwald III, the fair-haired varsity quarterback, argues that "it's not as big a deal as people make it out to be." As for being a role model, "I don't go helping elderly people across the street...
...computer with Internet access lights up the corner. The room is a cocoon, protected from the rest of the student body, from which they feel alienated. "Here I have ready access to all of my friends," says Gene. "And it's not the Crestwood Mall, where I have to deal with people who don't like me without even knowing...