Word: dollarized
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Though Harvard students were scarce in the 150 member crowd, Andrew P. Marcus '01was on hand to try for a million dollar prize...
...already a crowd gathering for its opening. We lined up in front of a window to pay for admission. I noticed that the pricing sign didn't list any special favors for those with Harvard ID, but I was almost certain I wouldn't have to pay a dollar...
...have the capital or expertise to buy and sell companies, float stocks and bonds, and trade in dozens of world markets at the same time. But those that do stand to reap huge profits. Which is why the last nine months have seen a juggernaut of billion-dollar acquisitions as Chase, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Goldman Sachs and other U.S. firms increase their global presence...
...This is a city of sometimes incongruous pleasures, an important business center set in what feels like a holiday resort-Frankfurt on the C?te d'Azur. The subtropical climate lures office workers to sun themselves in the early evening on the golden chain of Pacific beaches; million-dollar yachts chase rust-stained dinghies between the cream-and-green ferries on the harbor; ships like concrete office blocks glide under the Harbour Bridge to the container wharves, past tourists beaming over the gunwales of replica 18th century sailing vessels. The twin architectural highlights of Bridge and Opera House flank a modern...
...impact. Greedyassociates.com gets up to 80,000 hits a day, and as its name suggests, much of the focus is on compensation. The site charts salaries at large law firms around the country, information that was once hard to come by, putting pressure on the laggards to pay top dollar. "I'm certain we've helped push up salaries," says one of the underground site's organizers. "We've helped create a more perfect market...