Word: terming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years. Wall Street had seen it coming, and in New York the markets yawned. But Greenspan wasn't done running. He cut rates again on Thursday without waiting for the next Fed meeting, a dramatic move that caught Wall Street off guard. It was almost unprecedented in Greenspan's term as helmsman of the U.S. economy. If the Fed has a big red panic button, this was it: Clearly Father Greenback had seen something that couldn't wait for November 15. But what...
...called an option -- on the price of a stock at some future point. The plutonium of the financial world, derivatives are complex financial instruments that, in steady economic times, can churn out megatons of money for investors. Bet badly, though, and you get a meltdown. When Long-Term Capital Management, a high-risk, high-rolling hedge fund based on the formulas of two derivatives Nobelists, went belly-up last month, Greenspan realized that the damage wasn't restricted to the brandy-and-cigars crowd. Banks and financial institutions were deep into hedge funds, and when Merrill Lynch or BankAmerica takes...
While these objections have their merits, we need an entirely different standard of evaluation: Actions should be judged by their ends rather than the means. Rather than prioritizing the short-term personal benefits of consulting, think about whether the field allows you to put your talents and academic standing to some real use. Ask yourself not, "Where would I like to work?" but rather, "What am I trying to accomplish...
...last two weeks, Harvard Law School (HLS) students have filled hotel lobbies, fidgeting nervously just before 20-minute interviews with the nation's top law firms. At least seven months before the end of spring term is in sight, the summer job search has already begun...
...cost of adding the insulation would run into the billions, which may be one reason why the FAA isn't sounding an urgent alarm. It hasn?t issued an "airworthiness directive," the FAA's term for something that must be done at once. Instead, the agency suggests that the retrofit be performed at each plane?s next scheduled maintenance check, or thereabouts. The FAA has known about the potential insulation problem for years -- its Chinese counterpart reported the problem in 1996 after a Chinese Eastern MD-11 caught fire in Beijing. Hopefully, no more fresh evidence will come along...