Word: expanders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This partnership is designed to expand the knowledge of housing issues and trends as well as engage the fellows in the Fannie Mae Foundation's commitment to increase home ownership, develop vital communities and improve housing conditions throughout the United States," Franklin D. Raines, a director of the Fannie Mae Foundation, told the Gazette...
...talk, a tidal wave of good intentions and a number of special programs set up to rebuild the neighborhoods hardest hit by fire and looting. Yet Payne has jumped through more hoops than a circus tiger, and still has not managed to cobble together the financing to rebuild and expand Taylor's Corner into a 16,000-sq.-ft. minimall, containing a full-service grocery store, a laundry and a real estate office. His journey through the system of public and private lenders has shown him that when it comes to approving loans in questionable zip codes, lenders have...
...consumers face uncertainties, media companies are entering a scary (if potentially lucrative) new territory. With nearly all the boundaries removed, aggressive companies will undoubtedly try to expand into new areas. The quickest way to do that is through alliances and mergers, and most observers expect that industry consolidation--ventures linking phone companies, broadcast networks, computer firms, cable companies--will soon shift into high gear. "Companies must choose their partners in the next 12 months, because when the markets converge, anyone who's not a partner is probably a competitor," says Bill Deatherage, telecommunications analyst at Bear Stearns. The end result...
...long way to go and a short time to get there." For Pat Buchanan, the Bayou victory was especially sweet, since it comes on the heels of his win in the Alaska straw poll, lending a new patina of credibility to his candidacy. "This win will help Buchanan expand his already solid base among religious conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire," notes Birnbaum...
Other speakers also addressed the issue of student loans. Neal deplored Republican efforts to contract, rather than expand, government-sponsored financial assistance...