摘要: A company owned by Barry Minkow in the 1980s. Through such means as forgery and theft, Minkow appeared to be building a multimillion dollar corporation. ZZZZ Best went public in December of 1986, even[阅读全文:]
摘要: A slang term for a young urban professional who cannot afford property. Yupcaps are individuals in their late twenties or early thirties with a post secondary educations and a well-paying jobs who are[阅读全文:]
摘要: A slang term denoting the market segment of young urban professionals. A yuppie is often characterized by youth, affluence and business success.
Coined in the 1980s, the term yuppie was [阅读全文:]
摘要: A type of company policy that dictates that no employees would be terminated as a result of business based purposes dictated by th economy. This policy does not exempt termination as a result of poor [阅读全文:]
摘要: The lowest percentage of owed principal that a central bank can set. In monetary policy, the use of a 0% nominal interest rate means that the central bank can no longer reduce the interest rate to enc[阅读全文:]
摘要: A bank or financial institution with negative net worth. Although zombie banks typically have a net worth below zero, they continue to operate as a result of government backings or bailouts that allow[阅读全文:]
摘要: A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that contains analysis and projections of the integral elements of the IMF's surveillance of economic developments and policies in its member countri[阅读全文:]
摘要: Formerly known as WorldCom, now known as MCI, this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today, it is perhaps best known for [阅读全文:]
摘要: A shorthand term for "the year 2000" commonly used to refer to a widespread computer programming shortcut that was expected to cause extensive havoc as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. Instead of[阅读全文:]
摘要: A company that was once making a takeover attempt but ends up discussing a merger with the target company.
The implication is that the company attempting the takeover has chickened out, decidin[阅读全文:]