Word: jannings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...there has been no whiff of a reversal. Small stocks are up twice as much as large stocks since Jan. 1, and some who hope to see the big boys regain market dominance are worried that it may take years to play out. There is precedent: large stocks did next to nothing for the 14 years ending...
...cover story on lobbyistJack Abramoff [Jan. 16], TIME said he had shared some fried chicken with Indian tribal leaders when he met with them. I know Jack keeps a strictly kosher diet. I asked him about that meal, and he assured me that he did not eat nonkosher food with the leaders, as you reported...
...Going Nowhere" reported on how Asian nations are propping up Burma's strongmen by doing business with the country [Jan. 30]. As an activist and former prisoner of conscience, I can say that foreign experts ascribe far greater powers to the present regime than it actually has. Ideologies, institutions and society itself are in flux, but certain individuals within the country and abroad are polarizing the political debate, hardening attitudes and opinions. That attracts a lot of media attention but makes it extremely difficult for moderates to chart a viable course for the country's transition. There is no denying...
...Tokyo Stock Shock "Living on the Edge" described the scandal about charges that the Japanese Internet company Livedoor was involved in illegal securities manipulation [Jan. 30]. Livedoor's founder and ceo, Takafumie Horie, had kept on holding press conferences because the company caters to naive individual shareholders who put their trust in what they see on TV. The comment by Horie, "What I care about most is the publicity the company gets," held to be true. The benefit everyone gains from the Livedoor shock is the awareness that the public needs to have a higher level of financial literacy. Livedoor...
...others, hollow statements of support, and denials that appear less than fully truthful” caused Ellison to leave his post at the end of last spring semester.Ellison said he believes a similar pattern of behavior led to Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s Jan. 27 resignation.Ellison’s remarks, first reported in The Boston Globe yesterday, came seven months and one day after Harper, a member of the University’s highest governing board, told Summers in a “Dear Larry” letter that “Harvard?...