Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Monde. The paper said that France, via Algeria and Syria, had arranged a "truce" with Lebanon's Abdallah clan, whom France has held responsible for the September wave of bombings. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, presumed leader of a group called the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction, is serving a four-year term in a French prison for possession of arms, explosives and false documents. According to Le Monde, the terrorist group, based in northern Lebanon, was pressured to hold off on new actions at least until February, when Georges Abdallah is to go on trial for complicity in the murder...
...very function of the market changing, as fast-buck artists crowd in to pursue big quick returns that have little or nothing to do with industry or commerce? Have the values of the gambling hall undermined the role of stock trading as a means of productive, long-term investment? In short: Is the new stock market good for America, and for business...
...penalty for U.S. managers who choose to ignore the stock market's short- term imperative, though, is evident in Wall Street's takeover frenzy. Some 2,500 mergers and buyouts, worth more than $118 billion, have taken place so far this year, up from 2,463 deals worth $96 billion during the comparable period a year ago. As corporate raiders are well aware, institutional investors are more prone than other kinds of shareholders to sell during a raid, in order to gain a quick profit. They are also readier to hear arguments that focus on the value of corporations when...
Indeed, a study by SEC staffers has shown that when publicly traded firms announce major investments in long-term research and development, their stock prices tend to rise. One example frequently cited by marketplace defenders to show that investors can still embrace long-range results: Genentech, the California-based biotechnology firm that went public in 1980 to a tumultuous market reception, even though it had not yet brought out its first products...
...threat is the possibility of a year-end market dive as investors sell off stocks in anticipation of a rise in the capital gains tax. Under current rules, only 40% of long-term capital gains, including profits from the sale of stock, is subject to taxation, which translates to a maximum rate of 20% on such income. Starting Jan. 1, however, all long-term capital gains will be taxed at a top marginal rate of 28%. Investors wishing to take advantage of the lower tax rate on these gains must unload their stock...