Word: stocked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Karen Ho got a job on Wall Street. The student of anthropology, who would later go on to get her Ph.D., was fascinated by how even in the midst of an economic boom, corporate downsizings were rampant - and how each time a company announced a major layoff, its stock rallied. What she found from her perch at Bankers Trust - and later in interviews with people at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Salomon Brothers, Kidder Peabody and Lazard - was that it wasn't just an ideological commitment to boosting shareholder value that drove decisions...
...Then, four years ago, Kaps fell in love with Polaroid and founded a company specializing in selling equipment for analog instant photography. An official partner of Polaroid, the company still operates via the website Polapremium.com, where enthusiasts can buy the camera, related equipment and some of the remaining film stock. (See pictures of historical photos on Google Earth...
...Aren’t we in the habit of corralling observations into metaphors, even when we aren’t trying to discover the rhythm of a foreign place? Don’t we simplify un-mined personalities of even the people we know until they’re stock characters for our unwritten autobiographies...
...bullish report today is the clearly stated anxiety over next year's economy. "Although our current economic outlook is for below-trend growth through 2010, the risk of a 'double-dip' recession remains significant," the report notes. That said, Goldman Sachs raised its year-end price target for the stock market 13%, sending a strong message to institutional investors to not sit on their hands, even in the face of major uncertainties. Among the stock groups Goldman favors: energy, basic materials, financials and technology...
...July 1 at age 97, was in the office of the producer of The Streets of San Francisco, the '70s TV show. I had been recommended for a part, and Karl was giving me the once-over. My dad [actor Kirk Douglas] had worked with him on a summer-stock production, and he told me what a hard worker Karl was. That was an understatement. Karl came from the steel mills of Gary, Ind. He taught me just how fortunate I was to be an actor...