Word: misleader
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Securities men have grumbled for years about the commonly used yardsticks of the stock market's behavior, claiming that they often so exaggerate the ups and downs of prices as to mislead the investing public. Last week the New York Stock Exchange itself joined in the catcalls. In an article in The Ex change, its monthly magazine, it blamed the most famous index of them all, the Dow-Jones industrial average, for much of the "pure nonsense" that is written about market trends. The heart of the problem, said the magazine, is the "tremendous disparity" between point changes...
...first time, companies will be required to publish regular and accurate consolidated financial reports, forbid den to accumulate hidden reserves by underrating assets and overrating liabilities - a device long used to mislead stockholders...
...green square indicates that a particular trail is the easiest in that area, eliminating the use of the word novice or beginner which might mislead the uninitiated skier. A gold triangle means a more difficult trail. A blue circle signals the most difficult trail...
...green square indicates that a particular trail is the easiest in that area, eliminating the use of the word novice or beginner which might mislead the uninitiated skier. A gold triangle means a more difficult trail. A blue circle signals the most difficult trail...
...year. Did Smith have a trick up his sleeve? He indicated that to prove his point he might try to capitalize on the traditional nonpolitical prestige of tribal chiefs, who represent thousands of Africans and yet are loyal to any colonial government. "I don't wish to mislead the British government," he said. "I must not pull a fast one." Fast or slow, the two Prime Ministers had won themselves a bit of a breather...