Word: sell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...driving a bulldozer. "I learned a lot from him," says ( Trump. "I learned about toughness in a very tough business." He also learned, as an adolescent rent collector, that he didn't much like that kind of work. "It's much easier," he says now, "to sell an apartment to Johnny Carson or Steven Spielberg for $4 million than it is to collect a couple of dollars of rent in Brooklyn...
...generic term, but the original article has been custom-made in Paris ever since designer Louis Reard introduced his bombshell of a swimsuit in June 1946. Alas, last week the Reard boutique closed its doors. Reason: the sportswear company that now owns the swimwear line plans to sell off the rights to it for a seductive sum. Anyone for a plunge...
...Falk, a senior vice president at ProServ who has orchestrated the marketing of his client's wholesome image, says there was plenty to work with when Jordan signed on in 1984, but "there is also an undefinable quality about him that if I could identify, I would bottle and sell." It would probably be an instant best seller, but don't expect Michael Jordan to give away the secret. What, and let the competition gain an edge...
...other hand, there will be more business for the cluster of gift shops in Dock Square that sell things like scented candles and T shirts. Diane Frazier, owner of Mountain Tops, which offers BUSH COUNTRY sweat shirts for $16.99, says, "He's great for business. But I don't want to do anything tacky. He's the President...
...estate firm called Recruit Cosmos, had sold unlisted stock in the subsidiary at bargain prices in 1984-86 to politicians, journalists and business leaders. The well-placed purchasers reaped millions of dollars in profits when Recruit Cosmos went public and its shares tripled in value. While Japanese firms often sell inexpensive stock to influential buyers, the scope of the Recruit Cosmos handouts was unprecedented. Hiromasa Ezoe, chairman of the Recruit group, sold more than 885,000 unlisted Recruit Cosmos shares...