Word: growths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...management suited to the task at hand? "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap drove Sunbeam's stock up fourfold last year by doing what he had done so well at Scott Paper and other firms: slashing costs. But Sunbeam's share price collapsed when he tried to push the business's growth. Two weeks ago, when CBS tapped Mel Karmazin to be CEO, replacing Michael H. Jordan, CBS stock jumped. But it wasn't so much a bet on Karmazin as a sigh of relief that Jordan was leaving. Under Jordan, CBS has run last among the big networks. But can Karmazin...
...offended by the attitude of supremacy that I sense in members when I set foot in a final club. Members appear above the law, above morality. The club environment enables each member to circumscribe his universe, positioning himself at the all-powerful center. Clubs check the normal growth and maturation which allow most of us to realize the effects our actions have on other people and on our community. This ethic of supremacy oozes into society, into our homes and offices, including the Oval Office...
Also the President of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Feldstein is an advocate of lower taxes, which he believes will stimulate growth and lead to more investment in the economy...
...last year to the building of the Naito Chemistry Laboratory and the Maxwell-Dworkin building would lead some to believe that the University is in the midst of a building boom. However, Harvard officials point to the long view of Harvard development which has shown periods of substantially greater growth...
...moment, shares of European companies are priced as bargains, relative to those of American firms with comparable earnings growth. But the European market is likely to boom as new money flows in. And the probability of a weakening dollar means Americans who move money into Euroland now might lock in exchange-rate profits. "There is a case for diversifying your portfolio into a currency area that provides an alternative to the U.S.," says Merrill Lynch's Bowers. "But there's no shortcut: you still have to find good companies." In the current European climate, the most promising sectors include consumer...