Word: exceed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pentagon yesterday accused Stanford ofovercharging the government $231 million between1981 and 1988. Federal investigators said thetotal could exceed $300 million if those pastthree years were factored...
...exclude from tax 50% of their capital gains, but only on profits from money invested in new businesses and kept there for five years. He would grant tax credits on purchases of new plants and equipment, but only to small and medium-size businesses and only for purchases that exceed the average for the prior three years. The purpose is to spur new investment without giving a windfall to individuals and companies that cash in profits on investments made years ago or merely continue their existing level of buying plants and equipment...
...worst years ever. Sales of American-made cars plunged 12.6%, to 8.7 million, in 1991; more than 40,000 autoworkers lost their jobs, and GM announced plans to eliminate 74,000 jobs by 1995; and the Big Three rolled up financial losses that analysts predict could exceed $6 billion...
...just 0.3% annually since he took office, the worst performance under any postwar President, Bush would dearly love to ignite growth through tax cuts or other incentives to bolster his chances in November. Yet at the same time he fears worsening a budget deficit that is expected to exceed $350 billion this year...
...Robert Maxwell empire, the mess just gets uglier. British investigators believe that the late media mogul looted some $1.5 billion from the pension funds and coffers of public companies under his control, about twice the original estimate. Auditors also found that debts owed by Maxwell's private companies exceed $3.3 billion, up $830 million from earlier estimates, and that Maxwell allegedly schemed to bolster the stock price of one of his companies by illegally paying investors to buy shares...