Word: stocking
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Meanwhile, Chiquita's business was tanking. From 1992 to 1994, the company racked up $407 million in losses. Its stock price plunged from $40 to $11 a share. In meetings with government officials, Chiquita laid the blame squarely on the E.U.'s trade restrictions. The U.S. Trade Representative and the rest of the Clinton Administration bought the line, at least officially. And to this day, Chiquita officials insist that's the case. Steven Warshaw, Chiquita's president, told TIME, "The E.U.'s illegal banana regime is the cause of the company's poor financial results since 1992. It would...
Over the 15 years ending in 1998, with the Lindners in control, Chiquita tallied total sales of $45 billion but profits of only $44 million. That's the equivalent of a $10,000 investment that returns 65[cents] a year. Not surprisingly, the company's stock is now trading at less than $5 a share...
...economy roared into the 21st century like a bullet train last quarter, and the vibrations it created were rattling the china on Wall Street last week. Stock prices plunged on fears of higher inflation and rising interest rates, but neither of these variables seems likely to derail the economy this year or possibly even next...
...force sustaining the economy's extraordinary performance is you. Consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of all business activity, and with record low unemployment, better pay and the effervescent stock market, Americans spent 5.3% more in 1999 than they did the year before, the largest gain in 15 years. Business spending jumped 8.3% as companies not only sought to protect themselves from phantom Y2K problems but also stocked up on goods to keep holiday customers happy. The Y2K fizzle will permit companies to redirect their investments to capital spending, which serves to increase corporate productivity and boost profits...
...There is often a migration to start-ups, because of their potential and things like stock options and benefits," Austin said...