Word: selling
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...suffered as a result. Because unions fought for good pay and benefits, so many other people who weren't union members benefited. By decimating the working class the corporations may have increased profits short term. But what they found is that [by forcing down wages] they couldn't sell their products to their employees three years down the road. The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep it as close to slavery as they can without violating the slave laws. When you have...
...Robert Toll's sell-off that rattled analysts and investors the most, as many recall how Toll in 2005 sold off large blocks of shares in his company just as the homebuilding sector was peaking. Toll is viewed as a seasoned and savvy executive with an extraordinary knack for recognizing trends early...
Despite Toll's decision to sell off shares, he still holds 14.5 million shares in the company either directly or indirectly - about 9% of the shares outstanding. "So his interest in the company and alignment with shareholder interests is still extremely strong," says Talbott McGrath. However, she believes the insider selling is contributing to the stock's underperforming many of its peers in the homebuilding sector...
...partner American Airlines, which are looking to expand routes within the Asian market, have recently held talks regarding potential investment in JAL. A deal could be announced within weeks, but whatever it is, it will only be a partial solution. "The problem is that [JAL] is too big to sell and there's no one to buy," Hosoya says...
...Eastern origin; they trace their ancestry to over a dozen Arab nations, but the largest groups are Lebanese, Yemeni and Iraqi-Chaldean. In areas like the Southend and eastern Dearborn, the language you're most likely to hear in the streets is Arabic. There are mosques, grocery stores that sell Arabic goods and restaurants that serve Arabic food. Two-thirds of all schoolkids are of Arab heritage, and many schools routinely close for Muslim holidays. (The majority of Arab Americans in Dearborn, however, are Christians, both Lebanese and Iraqi-Chaldean.) (See TIME's photo-essay "The Remains of Detroit...