Word: huges
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somebody asked me to serve now," says Rozell, "I'd say 'No way.' You'd have to be independently wealthy even to think about it." Some White House staff members in private moments express bitterness about how their friends and colleagues have been hounded and forced to run up huge legal bills. "I will never again work for the U.S. government," one said. "And I've told other people, Don't do it. When you have these high-profile jobs that require Senate confirmation, there's somewhere between a possibility and a certainty that you're going to be investigated...
...dollar, essentially trying to force its value vs. the U.S. dollar lower by manipulating the supply. It's the type of monetary maneuvering that doesn't mean much to most of us. Yet had the speculators won--and the game isn't over--the economic damage could have been huge, and the already wobbly U.S. stock market would have understood the true meaning of the word correction...
...currency speculators, having knocked off Asia's weaklings, such as the Thai baht and the Malaysian ringgit, are now taking on the region's Godzillas: the Japanese yen, the Hong Kong dollar and the Chinese renminbi. The three are relatively stable, buttressed by huge economies and, in the case of the renminbi and the HKD, by solid "pegs" to the U.S. dollar that the Chinese government has pledged to defend--even at tremendous national cost...
...licensing deal last year after he had been in business on his own for just six years. Now Genny has named Bartlett as the creative director for its Byblos label, unseating more experienced but less flamboyant designer Richard Tyler. This season Bartlett's designs will be carried in huge department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus under the John Bartlett label, as well as in snooty, exclusive shops like Henri Bendel under Byblos...
...about Maytag? I love their washers and dryers. The stock is down huge from the high. The balance sheet is great, and so is the management...