Word: giant
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...fund companies have been harping on the investment opportunities in foreign lands for years, and they keep making it easier to take the plunge. There are 1,200 U.S.-based stock funds that invest overseas or south of the border. Nearly 500 foreign companies, such as Russia's petroleum giant LUKoil and Mexico's version of AT&T, Telefonos de Mexico, list their shares with major U.S. stock exchanges. Those numbers are growing, and Americans are happy to take a flyer. They own $560 billion of stock issued by companies outside the U.S.--a 15-fold increase since...
...Travelers Inc.'s $9 billion acquisition of Salomon Brothers begs the question: who's going to run the new investment giant? (Money Daily...
Cabot Professor of Biology Richard M. Losick called Ptashne a "giant in the field of gene regulation [who] made fundamental contributions over the course of many years to understanding gene regulation...
...Titan IV rocket has just lifted off the pad at Cape Canaveral. Perched on top is the Cassini spacecraft, one of the most ambitious probes NASA has ever launched. If the mission goes as planned, Cassini will reach Saturn in 2004 and spend the next four years exploring the giant ringed planet and most of its 18 icy moons...
...shrewd marketers have begun to tap. John Ferrell, the president of FerrellCalvillo Communications, notes that traditional feel-good campaigns for financial services have failed to nudge boomers into saving for retirement. So his New York City agency created humorous shock-tactic spots for the Alliance Capital Management group, a giant investment firm with nearly $200 billion under management. In one, a husband tells his startled wife they can't retire because they haven't saved any money and advises her to earn some by mowing neighborhood lawns. The voice-over warning: "Don't let this happen to you!" With...