Word: nikes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...church's extraordinary financial vibrancy. Its current assets total a minimum of $30 billion. If it were a corporation, its estimated $5.9 billion in annual gross income would place it midway through the FORTUNE 500, a little below Union Carbide and the Paine Webber Group but bigger than Nike and the Gap. And as long as corporate rankings are being bandied about, the church would make any list of the most admired: for straight dealing, company spirit, contributions to charity (even the non-Mormon kind) and a fiscal probity among its powerful leaders that would satisfy any shareholder group...
...girls in cutoff jeans and bikini tops, middle-aged moms in baggy T shirts and running shoes. Here a woman breast-fed her baby during Jewel's set; here fans sat dead-quiet, listening to the lyrics. Here a woman wore a T shirt marked "dyke" with a parodic Nike swoosh, while two other women walked comfortably hand in hand. Here a man in a concession-stand line talked excitedly about Sarah McLachlan's songwriting skills. Said Shellie Knawa, 30, a Seattle computer-manual writer: "This is finally a chance for our voice, women, to be heard." It's still...
...quarter. The name derives from the air of secrecy surrounding it. No one puts the number in writing; few admit to even speaking it. Yet there are probably whisper numbers for up to 200 stocks each quarter. They tend to be technology stocks and other hot names such as Nike or Starbucks, where robust earnings are critical to supporting the stock price. Intel seems to have a whisper number in most quarters. There's been one for Microsoft, Netscape and Cisco Systems. Strong candidates this quarter are Dell and Compaq. How do you get the whisper? You don't. Only...
...NEXT: NIKE SIGNS BABIES...
...climb onto his weakened shoulders, his jumper over sickness and exhaustion. We sometimes chide Jordan for not being a better role model, for not speaking out on issues of race and exploitation. But that was a pretty good example he set the other night. The game wasn't about Nike or Wheaties or Gatorade--though the Bulls' physician did make a point of crediting the energy drink for restoring Michael afterward. It was about the team, a team that may in fact dissolve over contract hassles in the off-season. It was about sport, the essence of which Rice captured...