Word: trades
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...that everything went smoothly. To hear many Net investors tell it, personal-computer transactions were more of a drag than a click. Although investors were far more likely to get through to a computer than to a human broker, electronic shops such as Schwab, E*Trade and Waterhouse bogged down when the calls swelled to double the normal traffic. Although Monday's traffic jams may have saved a few investors from selling too fast, Schwab spokesman Tom Taggart conceded that there were "no excuses" for the delays...
...formal summit meeting was held in the Cabinet Room, crammed with aides. Clinton said the U.S. favored a leadership role for China in every international organization and therefore backed Chinese entry into the new World Trade Organization as soon as possible, but the country will have to lower its trade barriers before that happens. The Americans took pains to deny Beijing's standard propaganda charge that the U.S. is determined to prevent China from gaining great-power status. Vice President Al Gore spoke on energy and the environment, but he also said, "There is nothing in the U.S. position...
Clinton immediately decided to press the U.N. to add new sanctions to the trade embargo that has crippled Iraq's economy since the country invaded Kuwait in 1990. If Saddam continued to resist, the White House signaled, it was more than ready to use military force. The Pentagon has 18,500 soldiers, 17 ships and 200 warplanes in the region poised to launch a retaliatory strike if the American inspectors in Baghdad are endangered...
...parties are better than dance clubs, and settling down beats swinging free. "I'm amazed at how quickly I went from the bar culture to intimate dinner parties," says Mark Toft, 26, a writer who lives in St. Louis, Mo., with his wife Beth. "Nesting means you get to trade a crazy public space for a place where you can define...
...diplomacy, the well-timed gesture can make all the difference. During presummit haggling, National Security Adviser SANDY BERGER warned his Chinese counterpart, Liu Hua Qui, that the ballooning trade deficit with China, $44 billion this year, was going to provoke a mega-political backlash. Liu replied that the deficit had many complex causes, including wrongheaded U.S. export controls. During a break, a frustrated Berger told an aide to buy a present for Liu. When the Chinese official unwrapped it, he found, instead of the traditional vase, a spanking-new Barbie--made in China, of course. Berger razzed him, "I want...