Word: dowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact 80 percent of the implant operations were performed on healthy women for purely cosmetic reasons. Now many of these women are suffering life-threatening illnesses because of the dangers of the implants. Furthermore, much of this could have been averted if the Dow Corporation had not covered up the problems with their supposedly safe product...
...Michigan's early January survey of consumer sentiment would show a dramatic upturn. The results of this particular poll were greatly anticipated because it was taken shortly after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates at the end of December. Word of the alleged rebound in consumer confidence caused the Dow Jones industrial average to shoot up more than 60 points...
...evidence -- some of it still sealed under court order -- that has come to light since the FDA last reviewed safety information in November. At that time, an advisory committee recommended that the implants be left on the market. But studies released in the course of recent legal proceedings against Dow Corning Wright, the largest U.S. implant manufacturer, suggest that the company may have known about safety problems for years and kept them under wraps. Kessler said he has also received a number of case reports from rheumatologists linking the device to autoimmune disorders. The moratorium is in place until...
...felt the urge -- but things have definitely improved. Confidence is the name of the game; it has taken a decided turn for the better; and it's self- fulfilling. Lower interest rates make real estate and bonds more valuable, which shores up banks and insurance companies; a record-high Dow makes people , feel richer and more optimistic -- and all this has a way of feeding on itself...
...stock market put on a spectacular show of defiance in 1991. Wall Street's bulls ignored the crushing weight of debt on the economy and the signs of a protracted recession. Every major stock-market index pushed into record-high territory. The Dow Jones average leaped 535 points to an all-time peak of 3168.83, a gain of more than 20% -- and for good measure, rose nearly 33 points during the first two days of 1992. The S&P 500 gained even more than the Dow during 1991, rising 26%, and NASDAQ, the most popular measure for small stocks, surged...