Word: reaping
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...what's more, flyers with flexible schedules can also reap potentially significant savings by flying into or out of "alternate" airports. For example, air travelers in the Boston area can save significant amounts of money by avoiding Logan Airport. T. F. Green Airport in Providence (which is home to low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines) and even Worcester Airport offer service to popular destinations--often at significantly lower cost and with less aggravation...
...demand that their lenders handle any deal, in any industry, anywhere in the world. But only a few have the capital or expertise to buy and sell companies, float stocks and bonds, and trade in dozens of world markets at the same time. But those that do stand to reap huge profits. Which is why the last nine months have seen a juggernaut of billion-dollar acquisitions as Chase, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Goldman Sachs and other U.S. firms increase their global presence...
...focus on businesses owned or managed by women. In addition, Abramson and her partners created WomenAngels.net an investment club for 85 D.C.-area women who each commit $75,000 over three years to nurse along promising early-stage high-growth companies and reap the collective rewards. By the end of the year, her Women's Growth Capital Fund will be fully invested in 18 companies, and she plans to launch a second fund in the fall. --By Anne Moffett...
REASON As a major food exporter and home to giant agribiotech businesses, led by Monsanto, the country stands to reap huge profits from GM foods...
...foundation sees its role as filling the breach where the private sector is not addressing a crisis. The industrialized world's ailments, from indigestion to breast cancer, are already the focus of drug-company research. Cure a First World disease, and reap millions in profits. But cure a Third World disease such as malaria--the No. 1 killer in tropical climes--and there is hardly a penny to be earned. Those patients don't have health insurance. That is why the Gates Foundation has made finding a malaria vaccine a priority, along with eradicating scourges such as hookworm, hepatitis...