Word: trades
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...found himself "rattling around in this big house alone." He says, "She was always the one who took care of the books, and I said, 'What should I do?'" The retired regulatory expert decided to learn to manage his money on the computer. Then he got the idea of trading stocks online. "I'm kind of a do-it-myselfer," says Schwebke, 60. While he leaves his ira in the hands of brokers, he took some of the money he inherited when his father died in September 1996 and invested it on his own. So every morning after Mass...
...merger is notable not only for its size and complexity (the fine print of labor law and trade policy will have the lawyers tied up for months) but also for its symbolism. The creation of DaimlerChrysler Akteingesellschaft represents a triumph of the global economy and the end of car companies as national emblems of industrial might. The car business is too capital and customer hungry to care about flags. Witness last week's other big news: Volkswagen's $713 million deal to buy Rolls-Royce, the once regal, now tarnished marque of British motoring. Ford also announced last week that...
...Fidel Castro is in Geneva to address international health and trade conferences, and -- wouldn?t you know it -- he just happens to be staying at the same hotel as Mrs. Clinton. "Everyone is in their own place and it works very well," the director of the Intercontinental Hotel told AP. But those looking for a historic thaw should keep an eye on the ice machine...
Though it is true that there will be less diversity without affirmative action in admissions, it is false that there will be no diversity whatsoever. A little less racial diversity for the sake of much greater fairness is a trade-off that balances the scales of justice. ALICE LAM New York City...
...incident out of textbooks used by schoolchildren. Saito's attack on Chang has so far drawn fire from only a few organizations, but Tokyo is less concerned about Saito than about the damage the book may be doing to Japan's image in the U.S. at a time of trade and economic tensions between Washington and Tokyo. Last week the Japanese government hired Gallup to conduct a poll, apparently to see if friendship for Japan has eroded in the U.S. The results indicated that 60% of the American public views Japan as trustworthy. Chang's publisher, Basic Books, says that...