Word: repaying
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...Weinstein got nervous about the cost. And Jackson got nervous when Weinstein suggested they scrunch the tale down to just one movie. In 1998 Miramax allowed the filmmaker to shop the project to other studios, but on two strict conditions: whoever bought it would have just 72 hours to repay Weinstein the $12 million he had spent on preproduction costs, and Weinstein had to be guaranteed 5% of the gross...
...from grace is an em-barrassment for North Korea, and may strain the country's historically close ties with China. Trading of shares in Yang's Hong Kong-listed orchid exporter Euro-Asia Agricultural Holdings has been suspended since late September, and the company has virtually collapsed, unable to repay its loans. Hong Kong authorities are investigating it for criminal activity...
...violation carries a penalty of triple damages. Bloom is asking the court to force Harvard to repay three times the $34 million of which it says it was defrauded...
...unit of energy that sells for $26. One potential buyer for TXU Europe is Germany's E.On, but its U.K. subsidiary has already started shutting down plants. Another is France's EdF, which loves devouring foreign targets, but last week the E.U. cried foul and ordered it to repay j900 million in unfair government aid. In other words, TXU might need bankruptcy lawyers more than buyers. THE BOURSE Back in Black? Ecstasy finally mixed last week with investors' now-traditional agony. Markets had the biggest four-day rise in a decade, surging over 10% on encouraging earnings. But like...
...dragon they hear stirring: deflation. The term describes an economic slough of despond in which capacity exceeds demand, inflation drops below 0%, companies sit on their cash rather than investing it, prices fall and wages retreat. Workers paid low wages in inflationary times find their debt harder to repay if they get a further cut-a terrible prospect in this period of record credit-card bills. Deflation has devastated Japan since its 1980s bubble burst. "But you don't need to be Japanese to worry about it," says Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley's chief economist. Now that the American...