Word: maths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...product of sophisticated math and computer software, derivative contracts are designed to help banks, corporations and countries hedge against financial uncertainties, such as changes in interest rates. But the banks found that they could make a killing by concocting more exotic derivatives that effectively bet on the future direction of interest rates, foreign exchange, commodities and stock indexes. And since banks aren't making much money from traditional lending these days, derivatives became the highway to new revenues and profits. Accounting rules made derivatives attractive too, since the contracts didn't have to show up on bank balance sheets...
...faster. Says Devlin: "We realized that the reason behind the whole lumbering Godzilla was that they had to shoot a guy in a heavy-rubber monster suit and film in slow motion to give him some sense of scale." At 20 stories tall, says Devlin, "if you do the math, even if it walked at a gingerly pace, it's covering a lot of territory quickly." Adds Emmerich: "Godzilla can outrun any taxi, and that was the core idea for the movie. No one can catch it. Dean and I realized we could make a different Godzilla, a movie about...
Psst! Want to make an easy 200 bucks? If you are a university professor specializing in business, math or computer science and are about to present your research paper at an academic conference, Microsoft will slip you a check for $200 to cover "travel costs." All you have to do is mention how Microsoft programs helped you in your work. The offer is part of a promotional program called "The Academic Cooperative," which maintains its own web site on the Internet. The web site, which runs on the Idaho State University server, makes no overt mention of Microsoft...
...They work out of a 22,000-sq.-ft. "cyberbroadcast" facility in Pompano Beach, Fla., with all the facilities, including a gymnasium for its workers. The place cost $1.6 million. No problem, says Hirsch; his business was profitable three months after it opened its electronic doors. You do the math: IVG serves up roughly 8,000 peep-show minutes a day at $5.95 a minute, a weekly take of roughly $300,000. Hirsch just bought a big red Mercedes-Benz. Also a five-bedroom house...
...power plant to observe "the sun balanced on the very spot where sea meets coast." The nuances of Hex's odd childhood, when pretentious Billie served him meals with "frozen foods accompanying the fine wines of Bordeaux," and when Hex wanted nothing more than to muse over "the math of [girls'] pulses," are immaculately rendered...