Word: fastest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Revived by falling gasoline prices, four-wheel-drive vehicles, including Jeeps and many trucks, have become the fastest-growing market segment. Jeep sales are up 108% in 1984. Says Joe Ricci, who operates dealerships in Florida, Illinois and Michigan: "It's become a cult car and status symbol." Not all of the cultists are men. Since the station wagon-shaped Jeep Cherokee was slimmed down, women have accounted for 30% of the sales...
...auction firm, who was responsible for transforming the genteel, Old World establishment into a glamorous high-tech $575 million-a-year business; of the effects of diabetes; in Paris. After joining Sotheby's in 1936 as a porter, the normally reticent Wilson became a nonpareil auctioneer, dubbed the "fastest gavel in the West." Rising to chairman in 1958, he set about overseas expansion, establishing offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the U.S., notably in New York City with the acquisition of Parke Bernet. His taste, timing and towering presence (6 ft. 4 in.) helped him to engineer precedent...
Welcome to countertrade, a modern form of bartering and one of the fastest growing ways of doing business around the world. Countertrade ranges from relatively simple barter transactions to intricate arrangements that can involve many nations and goods as well as complex financing and credits. Because so many countries, especially the less developed ones (LDCs), are having trouble paying cash for the goods they need, swapping merchandise and services is becoming increasingly attractive...
...fastest-growing segment of the market is motor homes, whose prices start at about $19,000 for a stripped-down version with four bunks. "They're a condo on wheels for about what you'd pay for a Cadillac," says James Summers, head of the RV dealers' association. "That's a powerful selling point...
...intends to prove that she is the world's fastest woman distance runner. Until last week, though, the biggest challenge to Zola Budd's determined trek toward an Olympic gold medal seemed more political than athletic. In March, the native South African abruptly left her homeland, which is banned from the Olympics, and picked up a quickie British citizenship, thanks to her English-born grandfather. Eyebrows were raised, feathers were ruffled, backs were got up. Would her hop, skip and sidestep work? The British Olympic Association, after consulting with International Olympic Committee officials, ruled last week that...