Word: wl
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...president, Sarkozy had secured a reputation as a man with a quick and nasty temper, sharp tongue, and obsession with coming out on top in verbal slap fights - particularly ones played out in public. Presidential aides regularly say that privately Sarkozy "has no time for diplomats, whom he considers wl...
...action is attracting a host of new players. Investment banks, which retrenched after the tech bust, are ratcheting back up, as are money managers like financial-services firm Amvescap, which last week acquired WL Ross & Co., a buyout firm run by turnaround specialist Wilbur Ross. Even hedge funds--whose trader mentality is antithetical to buying and holding--are taking pages out of the buyout playbook. Hedge-fund operator Eddie Lampert not only bought and merged Sears and Kmart but also installed himself as chairman...