Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that may be necessary to making the right decision." And the smooth-talking Rubin was one of the few men who could pick up a phone, as he did in late 1997, and persuade his brethren at banks and trading firms up and down Wall Street to keep their money invested in South Korea, an economy that at the time was melting down faster than a scoop of ice cream on a hot asphalt road...
...Texas history; rivals will say he merely tacked his name onto a measure authored by the legislature. Enter the comptroller of the Texas currency, who may become the Governor's best friend. Last week an additional $800 million was found in the Texas budget, which may provide enough money to allow Bush to claim credit for delivering another large tax cut. Good news is also coming from the CATO institute. The notoriously fussy Washington think tank gives the Governor high marks for holding the line on spending during his tenure...
This deal probably means a lot more to the world than money and ego. The largest industrial merger in history is a test of whether globalization can really bring together the leading capitalists of Europe and the U.S. Can fastidious Germans join with freewheeling Americans and teach the Japanese a lesson or two? Although only the world's fourth largest carmaker, DaimlerChrysler's $95 billion market capitalization looms over General Motors, and the company is sitting on $22 billion in cash. Its 440,000 employees make everything from cars and trucks to Airbuses, trains and ocean-liner engines...
...Although Chrysler was more profitable, Daimler-Benz was bigger. Although the Americans wanted the new company to be based in the U.S., German law made it impractical and expensive. Inevitably, a German-registered company was going to be dominated by German managers, and it is. When it came to money, though, Eaton won a handsome premium for Chrysler shareholders (and top Chrysler executives) in a head-to-head negotiation with Schrempp. And in a symbolic win, he persuaded Schrempp to crop the "Benz," thus the name DaimlerChrysler...
...improved the education students receive far better than a library with high ceilings or hundreds of computers. Raising teachers' salaries does not require an increase in taxes, nor does it require cutting back on state-sponsored programs other than education; it simply requires that we intelligently assess where the money we do spend on education should...