Word: dollarize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last Thursday in November (for years like this, with an extra one) to the fourth, to give retailers an edge. They'll need it this time around, as darkened Broadway theaters and striking Hollywood writers dampen the holiday spirit, toys have gotten scary, gas prices trudge ever upward, the dollar slips ever lower, and the credit crisis makes people feel poorer even if they aren't in foreclosure. One marketing firm predicts a "blue Christmas," citing slumping sales of tinsel as a leading indicator; 27% of shoppers say they'll be spending less this year...
Whang, whose parents operated a large grocery store on Long Island and a small chain of bodegas in Manhattan, cut his teeth in the business working for a dollar...
...what the party's name would be. What's more clear: the man once considered one of Europe's most revolutionary, if problematic, politicians (and a precious ally for U.S. President George W. Bush) is teetering on the edge of irrelevance. Indeed, it increasingly appears that his multi-billion dollar fortune, which includes ownership of the three biggest private TV channels and numerous publishing holdings, are all that keep him at the center of debate. Eighteen months after narrowly losing his re-election bid to the more conventional Romano Prodi, Berlusconi has not been able to rally enough support among...
...secret to many other people," says Barnett, who acknowledges that although he'd heard of the company back in the 1980s, when it was publicly traded in the U.S. and listed on the Fortune 500, he didn't know exactly what Shaklee made. "But this is a trillion-dollar industry. Shaklee's growth potential was unlimited," he says. "And in the long run, I think it's more fun and rewarding to be in a business where you think you're doing something good, as opposed to just making money...
...There remains the million-dollar question of why “awareness weeks” have come to be the most popular form of social activism on campus—why they have basically replaced vigils, large protests, or sit-ins as the most common unit of action...