Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hallowed doors of our fair gentlemen's clubs. I find it hard to believe that a fellow who purchases friendships based on shared monetary privilege, which in my experience is not an exaggeration, would choose to call other people dorks. These dorks are not the ones who stock their clubs with drunk girls at a four-to-one ratio in order to secure a chance at scoring...
...response to BMS's announcement that they would not produce angiostatin, EntreMed's stock plummeted, only to be revived after the NCI announcement one day later...
...past few years, the stock market, led by institutional investors, has put a premium on growth that "surprises to the upside" or beats expectations, even though the companies carefully manage those expectations. In the past few years, only companies involved in computing--driven by ever cheaper, more powerful processors, better software and, of course, the Internet--could regularly deliver surprises that pleased investors. Microsoft's ability to "blow away the numbers" when it reported fourth-quarter earnings recently added billions to its capitalization and swelled its lead over steady, reliable General Electric as the world's largest company...
...positive trends in Europe and Asia, could bring a return of more consistent growth. My fears have diminished only because Coke has surprised to the downside so often lately that I think the worst may be over. Much of the bad news may be, at last, priced into the stock. Nevertheless, with Coke selling at 40 times this year's expected earnings, it's no low-risk bargain. These days I lose more sleep over an investment in Coke than over one in tech...
...busy signal? That's what happened to E*Trade customers for three days last week when a software glitch prevented the site from executing trades for an hour or two. The incident, which came only a week after SEC chairman Arthur Levitt warned traders about the dangers of Net stock mania, spurred New York State's attorney general to launch an investigation into the booming industry. Some online brokers, hit with a flood of service complaints, are trying to temper customer enthusiasm: Waterhouse Securities prohibits Web trading of certain volatile Net stocks, and Schwab and Discover have made it harder...