Word: largest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That would be good for European exporters - and economies. The lion's share of euro-zone exports are sold by small and medium-size companies that constitute the largest generators of employment across Europe. Germany - far and away the euro zone's largest exporter, and the second biggest worldwide - in particular is likely to benefit. "This is a very positive development for all companies in the euro zone who, like us, really feel the effects when the rates rise above the $1.25-to-$1.30 range," says Philippe Lafaure, president of LCL Technology, a Toulouse-based producer of wireless embedded electronic...
...details of the government's role in keeping the lights on at what was once the nation's largest bank will again be on display on Thursday. For the first time, Citi's CEO will testify before the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), set up by Congress to monitor the government's bailout of the financial system. Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor and longtime critic of the banking industry, heads the COP. Also testifying before the panel will be Herb Allison, who runs the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the main vehicle the government has used to assist...
...government-aid cookie jar. Uncle Sam owns more of Citigroup than any other bank. Currently, the government holds 7.7 billion shares of Citi's stock - a stake the government got last year by converting a portion of its Citi preferred shares. That makes Uncle Sam the bank's largest shareholder, with about 27% of Citi's outstanding shares, valued at some $26 billion. That's about seven times the $3.5 billion the government has lent SunTrust Bank and Regions Financial, the two banks with the next largest amounts of government assistance outstanding...
...professional writer, a crucial part of my job is analyzing other people's writing in order to make fun of it and feel superior. And by far the worst writing inflicted on the largest audience each year is the Academy Award acceptance speech. So on behalf of Oscar viewers everywhere, I offered my punch-up services for free to several of the nominees this time. All of them turned me down. Their main concern seemed to be revealing their speeches in advance to a journalist. They must be aware of the making-fun part...
...Spitzer may imagine that he has the largest say in whether he returns and on what terms. But two books chronicling his meltdown are about to come out. One, Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, by Fortune editor-at-large Peter Elkind, purports to divulge new details about Spitzer's dealings with the Emperors Club prostitution ring, including revelations that he was a client for longer than was previously thought, according to someone familiar with the book's contents. The second, Journal of the Plague Year, by Lloyd Constantine, a former senior adviser and close confidant...