Word: investments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gortari, when the country collided with the insurgency of its campesinos and, like the Titanic, began to sink [Mexico, Jan. 9]. New President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has inherited a sinking ship, and he is not sure what steps to take to keep Mexico afloat. Foreigners like to invest in a country where there are prospects of a good return and the political scene is calm and controlled. But at the first sign of civil unrest, the investments will stop and moneys will be pulled out. If Zedillo wants foreign investors to return to his country, he had better...
...lose money in foreign bonds, bond funds and money-market funds as fast as you can lose it in foreign stocks. You've got the same currency risk and market risk, but none of the upside if the market goes your way. So if you want to invest globally, you're better off in stocks -- Mexico's included...
...depends on the attitude you take going into it. The fact that some Harvard students do not have, and never try to obtain, primary care physicians speaks volumes for their attitudes going in. If quality health care is something one values, it is foolish not to invest the time to do something as basic as securing a doctor who is familiar with one's case. Showing up randomly at a hospital with no previous contact seems a sure way--in any hospital--of being shuffled back and forth...
...chain left the city after being denied the permit and some Cambridgeport residents must walk three miles to the nearest market. The city is currently considering plans to invite other companies to invest in building a new market...
Nearly two years have passed since Levin announced Time Warner's plan to invest $5 billion over five years for construction of what he called the Full Service Network. Within 18 months, he promised, his company would begin delivering interactive-video services to an area embracing 4,000 Time Warner Cable customers in suburban Orlando. It was now eight months late and at least 3,995 customers shy of the target, but Levin finally had something to show...