Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that's terrific news. In general, it means you get access to timely research, lower commissions, better service and, increasingly, Wall Street's top money managers. A few years ago, Warren Buffett created a lower-priced Berkshire Hathaway stock, dubbed "Baby Berkshires," to satisfy retail demand. Now the venerable pension-fund manager Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), also known as the Teachers, has gone downmarket...
Neither the Internet nor the music industry is ready to begin digital delivery of entire CDs, but music lovers of the wired generation may demand it. "Kids prize their computers more than their stereos," says Wendy Hafner, director of music marketing at Intel. Record companies "would have to be crazy not to take advantage of that," she says. Baby boomers who came of age transferring songs from LPs to cassettes--often in various kinds of smoke-filled rooms--can think of it as the '90s version of rolling your...
...misdeed was a journalistic misdemeanor, not a felony like Smith's. But since the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line,[4] some folks thought the Barnicle and Smith cases ought to be treated identically. When the Globe's editor, Matt Storin, rescinded his demand for Barnicle's resignation and instead suspended him without pay for two months, these critics saw a racial double standard. They figured that if Barnicle had been judged by the content of his character, not the color of his skin,[5] he would have been given his walking papers...
...When it does go public, the new entity will offer 20 percent of itself, a slice plenty small enough to keep investors rabid and demand high. No word yet on the price. For the parent Barnes & Noble, though, the jettison is already paying off. Upon hearing the announcement, investors promptly bid the company's stock up $4 to $41.25 in morning trading...
...kind of baseball being played today is as good as that of days gone by, and we are filled with the sense that teams are playing for the fans again. This type of play is what we deserve. This is a sport worth supporting. Spectators almost forgot to demand quality. BEAU TIMKEN, Founder National Spectators Association San Francisco...