摘要: The nickname given to "Special Master for Compensation" Kenneth Feinberg. The term "pay czar" was applied to Feinberg following his appointment by the U.S. Treasury Department to monitor compensat[阅读全文:]
摘要: A phrase commonly used in personal finance and retirement planning literature that means to automatically route your specified savings contribution from each paycheck at the time it is received.
摘要: Taking a vacation from one's main job and using that vacation time to make extra pay at a second job. A paycation can help make ends meet in tough economic times. The term gained popularity during th[阅读全文:]
摘要: A slang term describing the police action of parading an arrested suspect in handcuffs before the media.
Short for "perpetrator walk," this is a practice with which many people disagree, consi[阅读全文:]
摘要: Unrealized capital gain (or capital loss) in an investment. It is calculated by comparing the market price of a security to the original purchase price. Gains or losses only become realized when the s[阅读全文:]
摘要: A major change in how some process is accomplished. A paradigm shift can happen when new technology is introduced that radically alters the production process of a good. For example, the assembly line[阅读全文:]
摘要: A monthly meeting in Paris attended by creditors of 19 countries to discuss debt issues. Among other things, the Paris Club addresses the issue of coordinated debt relief for developing countries that[阅读全文:]
摘要: The illegal practice of an acquiring company concealing ownership of the target company by holding stock under a related third party before attempting corporate takeover.
Unlike the parking vio[阅读全文:]
摘要: A form of kiting shares that a brokerage commits by moving long positions in unrelated accounts to cover short positions that are improperly settled according to SEC regulations.
When parki[阅读全文:]
摘要: A buzz word describing a clause found in financial institutions' employment contracts that would subject compensation terms to the U.S. government's approval. These clauses would allow the financial[阅读全文:]