Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lehder, said prosecuting U.S. Attorney Robert Merkle, "was to cocaine transportation what Henry Ford was to automobiles." As part of the notorious Medellin Cartel, he and his partners allegedly controlled 80% of the U.S. coke trade. Extradited to Florida last February, Lehder is specifically accused of shipping 3.3 tons of cocaine into the U.S. The trial, which should last three months, will include testimony from some 200 witnesses presented to an anonymous jury...
Anyone who is tired of hearing about Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump's latest megadeal or his timely escape, unscathed, from the stock-market crash may have felt a certain satisfaction last week. According to FTC: Watch, a biweekly newsletter that reports on the Federal Trade Commission, the agency has asked the Justice Department to prosecute the New York developer for illegal use of a "parking agreement." Under such an arrangement, a corporate raider employs one or more third parties, like an investment bank, to help him secretly amass shares in a takeover target in violation of federal law. Trump...
With three years of national campaigning under his belt, Gephardt is a practiced and polished performer, doggedly crisscrossing the country, prescribing tougher trade policies and heavier doses of education to bolster "human capacity" as cures for an ailing America. His stump speech is a stark sweet-and-sour concoction that warns audiences of inevitable economic decline because of surging foreign competition, yet promises a revitalized America. "I worry about an America where dreams don't come true," he tells Democrats in his earnest style. "Our country has sunk to a low, but we can make it great again...
...discovered instead that Gephardt had called the session to lament the lack of new laws with his name on them, an astonishing attitude for someone who had spent only two years in the House. Eventually he focused on two issues: the Bradley-Gephardt tax-reform bill and the Gephardt trade amendment. In each instance, Gephardt helped fashion new solutions to complicated problems through hard work and an unusual mastery of facts. His near evangelical faith in the power of meetings to clear legislative snags -- Gephardt is a sort of walking version of the book You Can Negotiate Anything...
...share prices climbed more than 649% during the first nine months of 1987. The government's foreign currency reserves swelled by 150% to a comfortable $17 billion, the highest level of any Latin American debtor country, and a surge of exports helped the Mexicans rack up a $6.6 billion trade surplus...