Word: investment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is only one problem. The whole existence of a fair market in which to raise and invest capital depends on ample liquidity and equal access to information for all. Right now, the hours between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. E.T. present the most honest, open and, yes, perfect market in the world. That's when the institutions know they can handle high volume and be assured of the best executions, the cherished "market order...
...sidelines watching their own customers dabble in online trading with other houses, Merrill Lynch is finally getting into the Internet trading game. "There's no question that online trading is here to stay, and in five years, it will be the conventional way for ordinary people to invest," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "Merrill was founded on the idea of investing for the little guy -- they finally decided that they couldn't be left behind...
Even these days, $2.5 billion is a lot of dough to invest in rides and restaurants. For that money, you could finance 12 whole Titanics or 14 Waterworlds. What it gets Universal, in addition to I.O.A. and City Walk, is three lavish hotels, the first of which, Portofino Bay, opens in September. The plan is to challenge Walt Disney World as a full-service resort--a place where people can spend all their time and money...
...hypothesized that men would improve their manners when in the presence of women, reasoning that males would invest in practicing proper manners to make themselves more attractive to females, who generally have mate choice...
...ESOP FABLE Before you plunk down your hard-earned cash to invest in a company, you might want to find out if its employees are doing the same. According to a new study by Hewitt Associates, firms that offer employee stock-ownership plans (ESOPs) outperform their industry peers handily. Though more firms now offer stock options to lure new hires, 1,000 public companies (and 9,000 private ones) currently motivate workers with ESOPs. They include such companies as UAL, BellSouth, Allied Signal, Merrill Lynch and Procter & Gamble...