Word: firmed
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...discounting can only go so far before it no longer makes financial sense. For this reason, promotions and price discounts will likely be strategically planned, not panic-driven as they were last year, says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., a national retail consulting and investment firm...
Smith appointed Kirwan to replace Sweet in September. She assumed her position on Nov. 2, around the time Giancotti approached Smith about her departure. Before coming to Harvard, Giancotti had been a manager at the professional service firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. During her tenure at Harvard, she oversaw the restructuring and growth of FAS’s finance offices and spearheaded the publication of a new annual FAS financial report...
...biggest 25 companies acquired ended up going bankrupt. I did a study of the 1990s, ideal economic times, and with 6 of the 10 biggest buyouts, the companies clearly were worse off 10 years later. In three cases the results were mixed, and in one case the private-equity firm improved the business. This decade, 6 of the 10 biggest buyouts are already considered distressed, according to Moody's. The core practice does not work and rips apart our economy...
...remaining firm in her position against a public option for the bill, she has risked alienation from the Senate Democrats desperately vying for its inclusion. She has avoided partisan pressure, faithfully representing the view of her constituents, who are staunchly opposed to a public option. In essence, she is doing her job, which also includes putting Louisiana on equal footing with the rest of the country...
GARY JACKSON, former president of private-security firm Xe Services, once known as Blackwater, responding to questions from the New York Times about a report that the company authorized the payment of about $1 million in bribes to Iraqi police to silence criticism after a 2007 massacre in Baghdad...