Word: investor
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...country has garnered less than $3 billion in foreign investment in the '90s--largely because Castro remains ideologically opposed to opening more widely to private capital. "So far, he's invited us in only to assure his survival, not his country's prosperity," says a frustrated foreign investor...
...sent the Dow scooting up 300 points to a record 11,340 and NASDAQ blasting up to 3,500 for the first time. The impetus was an unemployment report that contained the best possible scenario for Wall street - continued healthy job growth but no sign of wage inflation. "In investor psychology, the unemployment figures are the most important of all economic indicators," says TIME senior business writer Bernard Baumohl. "It indicates both the strength of the economy and the potential for inflation, and Friday's report showed a healthy economy with no sign of inflation. That means...
...Broadview is a leading global investment bank focused on the information technology, communications and media industries worldwide. The firm assists clients with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and private financings. It is also a private equity investor in these industries in the U.S. and Europe. Over the last 25 years, Broadview has grown to become the world's largest mergers and acquisitions investment bank of its kind, operating across the United States, Europe and Asia...
...person (the viator) to get money before he dies by selling his life-insurance policy at a discount. The discount, usually 10% to 40% of the policy's face value, is based on the viator's life expectancy; once the viator dies and a broker takes a commission, the investor collects the rest of the benefits. A decade ago, viaticals were embraced by the AIDS community as an ingenious way for patients to get some cash for their final days...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataThe downside, if there is one amidst all this holiday cheer, is that this big earning (and spending) surge could cause the Fed to once again tighten its grip on the money supply. Alan Greenspan and the boys raised rates last week but signaled they were probably done tinkering until this whole Y2K thing blows over. But just as certainly as the credit card bills will come due in January, the Fed will reevaluate its position in the next year, and may feel that another rate hike will be necessary to keep everything on an even...