Word: giant
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Harte placed 51st in last year's race, and he was chosen by Adidas, one of the marathon's major sponsors, to appear in the company's ad campaign. His visage now graces posters, Web sites and postcards, not to mention a giant banner hanging over the entrance to Ashland...
...offer to take over Telecom Italia, a telephone behemoth seven times its size. A cozy merger between Societe Generale and Paribas, two of France's leading banks, is thrown into disarray when a rival Paris financial house proposes to swallow them both. A battle for control of Italian fashion giant Gucci turns venomous when a French billionaire proclaims that he has snatched the company from the clutches of a rival French raider...
That disincentive, labor leaders charge, and a lower annual cost are fueling the rising popularity of cash-balance plans. Some 20% of FORTUNE 500 companies, including AT&T and Xerox, now offer these plans, which cover close to 10 million workers nationwide. Two weeks ago giant Citigroup disclosed that it too is making the changeover; the week before, CBS made the switch as part of a comprehensive benefits overhaul. Both firms are sweetening the pot with stock options to keep workers focused on performance rather than longevity. IBM is reportedly contemplating a similar change that would save $200 million...
McMahon presided over wrestling's renaissance in the 1980s, making Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and Randy "The Macho Man" Savage into household names...
...have found that the world changes completely. The people in the street, the cars, the buildings and the trees all come into focus. The wind that before had been nothing more than annoying suddenly becomes a carrier for the smell of fresh flowers. Instead of just seeing the giant dump truck blocking your way, you notice the driver's wedding ring and wonder for a moment if he has any children at home. You see something cool in a bookstore's window, and you go in and buy it. You stop to talk to a friend to whom you would...