Word: worth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Caribbean to join him in a frothy Cocktail. They traveled with him on a cross- country journey to fraternal reconciliation in Rain Man. And with each adventure, audiences adjusted their estimation of the young man -- from Most Likely to Succeed to All-American Dreamboat to Serious Actor worth taking seriously...
...Saatchis soon learned that bulk can have its downside. Many advertisers objected to being crowded into the same corporate tent with rival products. Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, Warner-Lambert and other major firms have pulled nearly $600 million worth of accounts from Saatchi-owned agencies since...
More pain probably lies ahead. Louis-Dreyfus has his work cut out for him -- and a compensation package geared to inspire success. On top of a reported salary of $785,000, Louis-Dreyfus will control stock options worth at least $3 million. That value will rise substantially if he does his job well. Earlier this month, Louis-Dreyfus pledged to boost the value of the company's shares, which have traded as high as $10.70, from their current price of $4 to at least $7.85 within three years. More than another increase in its global reach, that is the kind...
There has been one scandal that adds up to major marks. The Politburo's once powerful economic czar, Guntar Mittag, and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, a shadowy financial dealer and former state secretary for foreign trade, are suspected of helping divert to Swiss bank accounts tens of millions of dollars' worth of hard currency. The proceeds came from the illegal sale of arms, artworks and other goods. The affair has become known as the Ko-Ko scandal, after the office of Kommerzielle Koordination, through which the funds were funneled. Last week Schalck-Golodkowski surfaced in West Berlin, offering to return some...
...house near me worth a minimum of $65,000 was recently offered for sale by HUD for $50,000 (mistake No. 1). I bid $58,100, but lost it to a bid of $54,000 because the Government decided to accept the lower offer even before the bids were opened (mistake No. 2). One bumbled sale a real estate depression does not make. But if it's happening in my neighborhood, you have to wonder whether it won't be happening in others as well...