Word: mattered
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...third reason for bulking up, according to Francesco Giavazzi, a professor at Milan's prestigious Bocconi business school, is that corporate size really does matter in banking, especially since the biggest banks are turning into one-stop service centers. According to Giavazzi, European banks are starting to follow another American model by replacing their traditional business of lending money with such financial services as asset management. "Being good is not good enough in asset management," Giavazzi says. "A bank has to be the best to attract customers, and that requires technology and highly trained personnel, which all cost money...
...other great winners are Europe's shareholders. As one analyst pointed out, no matter whether Olivetti or Telecom Italia's management prevails in their battle, Telecom's shareholders have already earned a nice premium. Europe's cosseted work force, on the other hand, has not yet fully come to grips with what those investment banking euphemisms like "synergies" and "restructuring" can mean. As their American union counterparts discovered a decade ago, mergers will make Europe's largest firms more efficient and competitive, but they will do so by shedding thousands of jobs. And in Europe, where unemployment levels are more...
...wasn't until 1975 that they went down the aisle. "I married him because of his ethics. He's a good man, with a clear idea of what's right and what's wrong. And if it's wrong, he won't do it, no matter how it might benefit him personally...
Light is part of the very subject matter of Foster's buildings, along with steel, glass and stone. When Foster speaks of "the spiritual dimension" of architecture, and its power to "lift the spirit," he's talking about the action of light in space. Anyone who supposes that technology, or the exacting use of modern materials, implies a break with the past should look at Foster's work--and learn...
...eliminate it, then that helps prove that an intruder didn't commit this crime." Hunter's wide-net investigation strategy, however, may have its flaws. One investigation source told TIME, "The thing in this case shouldn't be closing doors. The secret is to open one. Does it really matter if you get a guy's handwriting sample, DNA and alibi if then you don't thoroughly check any of them?" Investigators still suspect that Patsy Ramsey was involved in her daughter's death. Some also believe JONBENET was the victim of molestation and the molester was someone outside...