Word: rated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blip in the Dow on cable-TV channels and financial websites, passive investing is starting to become passe. "Everybody's an expert," grumbles a high-ranking executive at one fund company--a reference to the growing legion of e-traders who are sucking money from money managers at a rate that is starting to test their nerves. Sure, the $5.9 trillion fund industry is still chugging along quite nicely. But after a decade of explosive growth, it seems poised for a shakeout, as too many stock funds (about 3,500 at last count) scramble for a slowing money supply...
...phone works in 48 countries, from Iceland to Indonesia, and bills international calls at $1 to $2 a minute. A built-in infrared modem lets you send e-mail wirelessly from one of the many notebook computers equipped with an infrared port. The glacial 9.6-kbps transmission rate, however, billed by the minute, can be a drag...
...corporation and the administration are equally committed to keeping the rate of increase down, according to Daniel...
...suspect we'd be willing to let the spending rate go up a bit" before raising tuition, Daniel says...
...example, at Princeton a committee that includes students, faculty, administrators and staff--in sharp contrast to Harvard empowering Knowles, subject to approval by the corporation--determines the rate, taking numerous factors into account...