Word: swiss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Foreign lenders have already been hit. One large European bank lost not only big money on derivatives but also possibly its independence as well. Union Bank of Switzerland took a $250 million beating from derivatives last year, one reason it rushed into the arms of Swiss Bank Corp...
...predecessor Anne Bingaman's infamous 1994 consent decree, now widely derided as a sellout that only postponed the day of reckoning. The deal, struck in 1994 and ratified in '95, granted Microsoft the right to sell "integrated" products--i.e., software like Windows that combines more functions than a Swiss Army knife. But the decree also prohibits the company from "tying"--forcing customers to buy any single product as a condition of licensing Windows itself...
KILLED. ALOIS ESTERMANN, 43, commander of the Pope's Swiss Guards; and his wife Gladys Meza Romero, 49; shot by disgruntled Swiss Guard Cedric Tornay, 23, who then shot himself; in the first murders on Vatican land in 150 years...
...permanent home for its passengers. The globe-trotting vessel, called World of ResidenSea, will have 286 condominiums when completed in early 2001. Kloster has so far sold 65 units, which go for as much as $6.6 million. And for those who can't get enough Titanic, a U.S.-Swiss partnership plans to build a $500 million replica that will take its maiden voyage on the 90th anniversary of the Titanic's, in 2002. Two thousand passengers may enjoy the same kind of Gilded Age service as the original, and with enough lifeboats for everyone...
...regret. He sued Ellen for full custody of the girls, hoping it would give him an edge in their daily battles. But there would be no day in court. Before the first hearing, Ellen had sold her house, pocketed $90,000 in cash and wired $420,000 into a Swiss bank account. Then she grabbed the girls...