Word: profit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...merger bids and then persuading takeover targets to hire his firm for their defense. According to federal law-enforcement officials, Levine also used his expertise for a less innocent pursuit: buying stock in companies that he knew were about to be acquired, and then selling the shares at a profit after a takeover bid sent the prices sky-high...
Speaking of supers, someone is making a big profit on that white gummy poster stuff. Who? Joan...
...military court hearing last week, Sibrian and another defendant implicated two army colonels and a major with involvement in the abduction- for-profit conspiracy. The officers have not yet been formally charged with kidnaping. Nevertheless, the allegations mark the first time in memory that the El Salvadoran military has investigated the actions of its top brass. Said one Western observer: "The attitude of the junior officers is, 'Let's clean this thing...
Cameron is chairman of the Nebraska-based Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality, a non-profit organization which lobbies against gay rights. He was expelled from the American Psychological Association in 1984, and has been censured by the Nebraska Psychological Association for "violating ethics codes and misrepresenting research," according to the Collegian. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN...
...lines to the money moguls to ask, "What's your market in stock X, Y, or Z?" Through such second-long transactions, Harvard traders shuffle around an average of $4 million each day. In the last three months, under HMC's care, the endowment raked in a 10-cent profit for every dollar moved in daily trading...