Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quarter of this year were $2.8 billion, up 17% from the same period in 1997. Though airline stocks dropped 20% in the recent stock-market plunge, analysts feel the industry is better equipped than it has been to handle future economic downturns. One reason for its profitability is low oil prices; another is that planes are flying at a record capacity, with load factors of more than 70%. That increased efficiency has helped hold down fares, but it also means more crowded planes. Airline employees--particularly the overburdened gate and ticket agents--seem increasingly unable to cope. "Ten years...
Hardly a day goes by when some Wall Street analyst doesn't knock the oil-services industry. These companies, which help the oil giants explore and drill for crude and natural gas, were market darlings from 1995 to 1997, but now have more detractors than anything west of Indonesia. Though many oil-service firms are already trading near two-year lows, analysts' earnings estimates for them will soon be revised further downward. No brokerage will want the likes of Halliburton or Schlumberger on its "recommended" list. The gloom around these stocks is only deepening. And I am buying them hand...
Susan Eisenhower, Institute of Politics fellow and chair of the Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said Russia-experts need to find ways to help the embattled nation capitalize on its rich supply of resources like oil and natural...
...sitting room at Loeb House, decorated with oil paintings and oriental vases, Harvard's treasurer painted a picture of the University's finances last week that reflected the same wealth and stability as the historic setting...
Beginning April 22, students take over Mass. Hall for six days, calling for divestment from Gulf Oil, which allegedly aided the Portuguese government fighting rebels in Angola...