Word: stiffs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...boardroom behavior has given investors someone to blame--fairly or not--for the money they have lost in stocks over the past two years. Seizing the moment, politicians are undertaking what could be the most sweeping structural reforms in the business world since the 1930s. The N.Y.S.E. has proposed stiff new rules for boards of directors, and the SEC has proposed changes in accounting and auditing procedures. The SEC has already imposed new rules to stamp out conflicts of interest among stock analysts...
...next morning, our first day of sailing, dawned brilliant and warm. As the sun rose higher, a stiff breeze rolled over the hills of Selayar, and the crew prepared to cast off. The passengers watched rapt as the five-man crew pulled lines taut and the two green and white striped sails caught the wind and filled with a snap. Some guests pitched in to help, others baited hooks and fished off the stern. A few hours later we arrived at a pristine beach surrounded by coral heads at the southern tip of the island. Divers readied their gear...
...memoir, Lucky) is the tale of an ordinary girl who is raped, murdered and dismembered in a field near her house. Three days later, a neighbor's dog comes trotting home with her elbow in its mouth. This is horror at its darkest and most tantalizing - a stiff cocktail of David Lynch and Judy Blume, served with a distinct chill - and as first chapters go, it's a knockout. The second chapter tops it. What happens to little girls after they die? They go to heaven - and that's exactly what Susie does. In The Lovely Bones (an exquisite corpse...
...Malone has already taken advantage of the depressed market, pouring in much-needed funds to gain effective control over United GlobalCom, the leading international broadband provider, which has nearly 10 million cable subscribers scattered across the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. And although he has been stiff-armed so far, Malone watchers believe he may end up combining Telewest (whose bonds he is trying to buy up) with NTL to form one British cable provider, with 4.7 million subscribers, that could compete with Rupert Murdoch's popular British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) satellite-TV service. Lately Malone...
...years of preferential treatment, Malays account for no more than one-fifth of corporate ownership, even though they make up more than half the population. Mahathir's attempts to reintroduce English as the medium of instruction and to roll back education and possibly business quotas for Malays have met stiff resistance from ordinary Malays. And his patronage of key Malay businessmen has also been less than successful; many wound up bankrupt, forcing the government to bail them out. "He's fed up," says Azim Zabidi, a former member of UMNO's Supreme Council...