Word: cheapness
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...Yeah, that’s the lacrosse player in him,” Craig said of his two-sport teammate. “There were a lot of cheap shots on both sides...
Juan Valdez, the fictitious coffee grower created in 1959 to help put Colombian coffee on the map, is trying to spiff up his image. In the face of dirt-cheap international wholesale prices and consumers' increasingly gourmet taste, the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia is hoping to cash in on the Starbucks phenomenon with a five-year, $75 million marketing campaign to reposition its coffee as an upscale brand. While still supplying such supermarket stalwarts as Maxwell House and Folgers, the Colombian coffee industry is struggling to make itself relevant to younger generations of consumers who pooh-pooh...
...consider price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios, which tell you how much the market is willing to pay for the bank's assets and earnings, respectively. The idea is to seek out ratios that are lower than those of other banks; this indicates that the companies are "cheap" and more likely to be bought. A buying bank typically pays 2 to 2 1/2 times book value when acquiring another company, so look for a price-to-book ratio below 2. Look for companies growing close to their price-to-earnings ratios. Many banks have forward P/E ratios...
Just 10 years ago, visitors to Costa Rica consisted largely of adventurous shoestring backpackers and wave-hungry surfers who stretched their beer money by holing up in cheap dives. It's not difficult to see what attracted those hardy travelers. Jagged, high-altitude cloud forest inland...
...pleasant-looking) Mark Zuckerberg, whose own face hauntingly graces thefacebook.com’s Matrix-esque top banner bar. The Winklevoss twins have been featured in New York Magazine, modeling $700 blazers. Zuckerberg’s face has been featured on hundreds of thousands of internet browsers, modeling a cheap collared shirt. Still, if ConnectU’s recent lawsuit against thefacebook is any evidence, it seems like the Winklevosses wouldn’t mind trading places...