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...here and in Europe. For 25?, the diamonds are weighed on one of the room's electronic scales, and the result written on the packet. The seller has told the broker what price he wants, and the broker wanders the room soliciting bids. When he gets a good offer, he "seals" the packet, which pledges that he will talk to no more potential buyers until he presents the offer to the seller. If the deal is closed, the broker says "Mazel" (luck in Hebrew) and the buyer replies "Mazel un brucha" (luck and blessing), a ritual used around...
Management's offer, on the other hand, is much closer to the guidelines. The companies are offering a 65? hourly wage increase in the first year, or 6.5%, followed by a raise of 10? an hour in each of the next two years. But various improvements in benefits and cost-of-living escalators would bring the whole package to roughly 23% over three years...
Robert Nathan, 70, economic consultant, Washington. Nathan believes that "stocks and bonds are for the birds under current economic conditions. They are not adequate hedges against inflation. Land is the best." For investors who need income, Nathan suggests buying "real property-apartments, office buildings, things that offer a reasonable return and good appreciation." His own investments have been in farm land; one 270-acre spread in Maryland has quintupled in value in the 15 years that Nathan has had an interest...
...best hedge against inflation." So Samuelson recommends that investors place their cash in six-month certificates of deposit in savings banks; or in the money-market funds-open-ended mutual funds that invest in short-term securities such as certificates of deposit, commercial paper and Treasury bills-that offer check-writing privileges...
...what of Dickens? It is fine to be "after Dickens," but in this case the distance is embarrassing. Great Expectations would seem to offer rich and practical material for an opera. Pip's progress through the world is eventful, and he does not meet a single dull soul on his road to self-knowledge. Yet the novel is not so diffuse that it could not be contained in a manageable number of scenes...