| 单词 | high finance |
| 例句 | "Your brother and I are busy with high finance." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z So, after completing my graduate degree, I joined the world of high finance on Wall Street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “You will not necessarily learn anything here about how TV or high finance really work,” A. O. Scott wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Dheepan’ and ‘Deadpool’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet he was also an operator in high finance and world affairs who, by one researcher’s account, had ties to U.S. secret services. John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Taking Ray's advice, Charlie finally attempts to escape the moral bankruptcy of high finance for more noble employ by becoming – guess what? – a journalist; no great surprise that this doesn't pan out as hoped. This Bleeding City by Alex Preston | Book review 2010-03-27T00:08:00Z Nor is the idea that the world of high finance could provide meaty villains or, at least, intriguingly disreputable characters. ‘Arbitrage’ and the Rich and Troubled Bad Guy 2012-09-02T07:27:26Z Walking into Canary Wharf, the corporate façades narrow like the walls of a gorge and the shadows of high finance give the air a cavernous coolness. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z He also found that novel to be “more fascinating and more to the point than any financial deal” and said it convinced him that high finance could make for compelling fiction. Michael Thomas, Writer and Bête Noire of the Moneyed Class, Dies at 85 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Inserted into the middle of a city whose dominant industry is high finance, “Big Bling” may be seen as a messianic admonition to those who worship money. Outdoor Art Across the City: 4 Things New Under the Sun 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Tagoe draws comparisons between two of society's least empathetic institutions, the world of high finance and the prison system, in order to prove that bullying, coercion and corruption are endemic in both. The Thing About Psychopaths – review 2013-03-10T17:40:12Z Prosserman wisely skirts the esoterica of high finance, though he cleverly uses good visual devices to suggest the shocking scope of Madoff's crimes. 'Chasing Madoff': a tale not to be ignored 2011-09-15T19:21:06Z This is the world of high finance, translated into film-making. Marc Webb: the latest director caught in Spider-Man's web 2012-06-21T20:00:01Z There’s a pageant of red meat for you onstage at the Public Theater, where Sarah Burgess’s “Dry Powder,” about rapacious wheeling and dealing in the world of high finance, opened on Tuesday night. Review: ‘Dry Powder,’ a High-Finance Comedy Drama 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Many things were expected of a play about high finance, but it was not foreseen that it should resemble Michael Bennett's production of A Chorus Line. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z “Billions,” a critics’ darling about power politics and high finance in New York, returns just in time to fill the “Homeland”-shaped void in Showtime’s schedule. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Billions’ and ‘Westworld’ 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Picking up on Trollope's withering critique of financial shenanigans, Cartwright, Faulks and Lanchester all write convincingly about the obscure but compelling world of high finance. The way we live now? Follow the money back to Anthony Trollope? 2012-02-12T00:06:17Z For much of his career, Finder specialized in suspense novels set in the world of high finance; he also developed a series character, Nick Heller — Finder’s so-called private spy. ‘The Fixer,’ by Joseph Finder 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z But as the character becomes addicted to television, high finance and gin, he and the movie begin a downhill slide that's difficult to stop. 'The Man Who Fell to Earth': David Bowie arrives in longer version 2011-08-04T19:59:05Z From the woodland hotel, she moves to New York City, where she delves into the fraudulent maneuvers of high finance — a candy castle spun from the sugary strands of avarice. Review | Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven’ was a huge hit. Now she’s back with a different apocalypse. 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z In the rough-and-tumble world of high-stakes high finance, this scenario occurs from time to time. Gene takes the ‘corporations are people’ idea to a logical end: President Kraft Foods “Billions,” a Showtime series set in the world of high finance, is about the flow of power and money. In ‘Billions,’ a Male-Dominated World Makes Way for a Nonbinary Genius 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z There are no commas in this book, no moments to breathe in the cut-throat world of high finance and late capitalism that it both satirises and gruesomely dramatises. The Cook by Wayne Macauley – review 2012-12-13T08:55:01Z Ms. Burgess’s grasp of the jargon of high finance is impressive. Review: ‘Dry Powder,’ a High-Finance Comedy Drama 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z When James B. Stewart’s groundbreaking narrative about insider trading, “Den of Thieves,” was published in 1991, it pulled back the curtain on a culture of corruption that pervaded high finance. An Insider-Trading Tale That Reads Like a Thriller 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z “Carter begins with a love story, and ends with an elegant explanation of a credit default swap; even readers without a background in high finance will learn how to appreciate the drama of both.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z It wants not only to explain the financial crisis of 2008 — following the outline of Michael Lewis’s best-selling nonfiction book — but also to make the dry, complex abstractions of high finance exciting and fun. Review: In ‘The Big Short,’ Economic Collapse for Fun and Profit 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Instead, it is left largely in the background, a smart counterpoint to the macho theatrics of high finance. All hail Billions – the smartest stupid show on TV 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z While he loved art history and immersed himself for a time in the world of high finance, it was with his pen — dipped, some said, in an inkwell of acid — that he found his groove. Michael Thomas, Writer and Bête Noire of the Moneyed Class, Dies at 85 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Clinics that offer the treatment often use the language of high finance in their advertisements. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The real problem is that capitalism has become associated with high finance, rather than the heroic entrepreneurship of Thomas Edison, whose inventions still surround us. What’s the alternative? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Means nothing more than "use" or "exploit", but might be attractive because of the imported glamour from high finance, though that may now be somewhat tarnished. 10 of the worst examples of management-speak 2013-04-25T13:01:55Z Is there a message in there, with all the mask-wearing, about how the abstract math of high finance enables bankers to wreak destruction while remaining detached, emotionally and often legally, from the human consequences? 'Gotham' Recap: The Cheap Thrill of Smacking a Rich Kid 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Carter begins with a love story, and ends with an elegant explanation of a credit default swap; even readers without a background in high finance will learn how to appreciate the drama of both. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z "Even in the world of high finance, this court cannot endorse a proposition that finds a misstatement of at least $812 million dollars to be 'immaterial,'" he wrote. Donald Trump is found liable for fraud in New York civil case 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The more recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and the outbreak of fear about the health of the banking system could make 2023 an even leaner year for those working in high finance. Wall Street Bonuses Drop 26% as Deal-Making Cools 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The two nations, both so practical in so many ways — whether power looms or medical science and high finance — are nonetheless suckers for princes and princesses and happily ever after. Opinion | Lisa Marie Presley, the King’s doomed princess 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “Trust” is a love story pretending to be a tale of high finance, but Diaz is skeptical of the romance or Wall Street epic. How 2022 became the year of the fragmented-identity novel 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z He failed economics and dropped out of Cambridge University, seemed happier on polo grounds than in banking circles in the City, and had little taste for high finance or investment strategies. Evelyn de Rothschild, Scion of Banking Dynasty, Dies at 91 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z But billionaires from high finance, Silicon Valley, media and old-line manufacturing have given party-aligned ideological groups — mainly conservative ones — an easy way to surge forward. Fueled by Billionaires, Political Spending Shatters Records Again 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z What has emerged from a strategic review is a drastic downsizing and a retreat from high finance. Credit Suisse Plans a Big Retreat From Wall Street 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z While betrayals are far from uncommon in the world of high finance or crime, details about the two men show how even the closest ties can rip under FBI scrutiny. How a Wall Street bromance ended with pal wearing a wire 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z For those of us outside the world of high finance, it is rare to take deep satisfaction in the financial status of any company that doesn’t sign our own checks. Column: Why Netflix’s no-good, not-very-bad quarter satisfies our love-hate relationship 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Leasing dogs is illegal in Massachusetts, and can often be an expensive way to own a pet because of high finance charges, according to the attorney general. Company settles dog-leasing allegations for more than $900K 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Like Walpole and his Court Party, Hamilton thought centralized government, high taxes, high finance, and a national bank would make America wealthy and powerful. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He is also well known in high finance as the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. No Trump endorsement? Senate hopeful enlists other GOP stars 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z “The Teapot Dome scandal which for a long time was ‘just’ another Senate investigation… has become almost overnight a throbbing drama of politics, high finance and intrigue,” United Press International reported. A century before Jan. 6, bombshell hearings on another assault on democracy 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z In this cutthroat, zero-sum game of high finance, people are used to being yelled and cursed at. How (and why) 'Billions' blew up its central relationship 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z One year ago, Glenn Youngkin was well known in the world of high finance, but almost a complete cipher in politics. Glenn Youngkin’s Journey From the Heights of Finance to the Top Tier of G.O.P. Politics 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z To the less patient viewer, the lack of clarity on the finer points of high finance and characters’ backgrounds and not getting period-orienting news updates about the political situation, might seem confounding. Review: Thriller 'Azor' craftily threads the needle of high finance in 1980 Argentina 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The SEC is following the money: Few businesses are booming in high finance like sustainable investing as governments, pension plans and corporations all seek to lower their carbon footprints and be better public citizens. SEC cracking down on so-called sustainable assets with green or socially conscious labels 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z These audacious ’70s structures were widely mocked for their hubris and their monolithic rectangularity, symbols of big-box America and brutalist temples of high finance, which made them targets nearly 40 years later. It's been 20 years. Long enough to name the most memorable novel about Sept. 11 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z And not everyone with an environmental background finds high finance fulfilling. Climate scientists swap fieldwork for finance 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z It was all white-collar computer scams, anyway, beyond her feeble understanding of high finance. Seeing 2020: A vision of Seattle’s future from 1984 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Hell is empty and all the “Devils” are here in this imported series set in the world of high finance. What’s on TV This Week: 'The Good Lord Bird,' NBA Finals and more 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Browder said this chummy state of affairs — often centered on high finance in London’s investment, real estate and banking communities — also included members of the House of Lords. British Parliament says government failed to investigate possible Russian election interference 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Ten years ago: A triumphant President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s. Today in History 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z And she blanketed televisions with ads highlighting her American-dream-style rise from a humble family farm to the pinnacle of high finance. Loeffler’s Wealth Becomes a Risk as Rivals Charge She Profited on the Coronavirus 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z And unlike the 2008 crash, a calamity concocted in the laboratories of Wall Street that spread through society, this one comes from the real world; high finance is only one of its many victims. Perspective | The $1 trillion stimulus isn’t about cash. It’s about restoring faith in the system. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Shifting from Sanders, the scourge of Wall Street, to Bloomberg, a luminary of high finance, would surely be a compromise too far. Why New Hampshire may yet hold key to victory for absent Bloomberg 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z What is the culture like among those who deal in high finance with these amazingly large amounts of money? Are Trump and his circle manipulating the markets for personal gain? Here's the evidence 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Nick loses his high finance job right before Christmas. Movies on TV this week: 'GoodFellas' on AMC and more 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z He was previously the Afghanistan bureau chief, and has also covered the world of high finance and white-collar crime for the Business desk. Women Are Fleeing Death at Home. The U.S. Wants to Keep Them Out. 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Still, it was never entirely clear how the middle-class Brooklyn math whiz became a Wall Street master of high finance. Source: Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide while awaiting trial 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z There are countless jobs in high finance that depend on exploring different numerical scenarios - tweaking the numbers and watching the columns recalculate themselves. How computing's first 'killer app' changed everything 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Sun stumbled into this world of high finance. This actress in the financial scandal play ‘Junk’ has a background on Wall Street 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Along the way, “Hummingbird” offers cogent commentary on the way unbridled avarice drives the search for even the smallest advantage in the cutthroat world of high finance. ‘The Hummingbird Project’ review: Solid acting helps complicated high-finance tale take wing 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z “The people I knew in the world of high finance understood that it was all a joke.” How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But they did notpoint their fingers at the oligarchy or at high finance. There’s a growing international alliance of right-wing demagogues 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z To research his new novel, ‘Lake Success,’ about a hedge-fund manager who loses everything, Gary Shteyngart spent four years among players in high finance. Barnes & Noble Sales Slide Continues as It Looks to Stabilize Business 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z All of which could be dismissed as high finance arcana, were it not for a simple fact. Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “The Hummingbird Project” offers cogent, though complicated, commentary on the way unbridled avarice powers the search for even the smallest advantage in the cutthroat world of high finance. ‘The Hummingbird Project’ review: Solid acting helps complicated high-finance tale take wing 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Society, once again, affecting the citadels of high finance. The bad news is we’re dying earlier in Britain – and it’s all down to ‘shit-life syndrome’ | Will Hutton 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The spread is a “cynical board game of high finance,” he said. Italy's 5-Star, League on verge of government deal; markets shudder 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The release also says the company charges extremely high finance charges, meaning people pay the company thousands of dollars more than they were loaned. Illinois alleges in suit an illegal predatory lending scheme 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Instead, he has placed the considerations of high finance at the top of his priorities, far exceeding what even his friends at big banks, hedge funds and private equity firms could have hoped for. Opinion | When Wall Street Writes Its Own Rules 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z After a day in the high-flying world of high finance, David M. Solomon knows how to unwind. Assistant to Goldman Sachs Executive Stole and Sold His Rare Wines, U.S. Says 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z During his 23 years at The Post, Mr. Hinden wrote about stocks, bonds, mutual funds and the intricacies of high finance. Business recap: Week of Jan. 8 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z He eventually jumped into the chip business, showing off a mastery of operations and an eye for high finance and deal making. Broadcom Targets Qualcomm in Largest-Ever Tech Deal 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr Díaz, a Democrat, expresses fears of an indebted, depopulated island falling prey to “vultures” from Wall Street and the world of high finance, bent on privatising its assets. Puerto Ricans on the mainland United States 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z "Where, in a capital city already zooming forward on the jet fuel of high finance, the economy is further boosted by enough civil servants to fill Wembley stadium." Davidson hits out at 'London-centric' UK 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z But in each of these private meetings, recounted by people who attended them, Mr. Schwarzman emerged as one of the president’s most respected and reliable allies in high finance. The Benefits of Standing by the President 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Recently, economists studied the experiences of the high-powered men and women emerging from Chicago University's MBA programme and entering the worlds of consulting and high finance. How formula milk helped women go back to work - BBC News 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z American high finance is extraordinarily good at absorbing attacks on it. The Bounty Hunter of Wall Street 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Bilderberg is plugged into the very highest levels of high finance and intelligence. Bilderberg conference: attendees dodge the press as secretive meeting ends 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Simons had run the math department at Stony Brook University, on Long Island, and the hedge fund took a uniquely academic approach to high finance. The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z It is still astounding how close to disaster high finance brought the US and global economy in 2008. Instead of draining the swamp, Trump has become Wall Street’s best buddy | Will Hutton 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z He understands the cronyism between government and high finance, and one of his sources aptly describes the bailed-out system as “socialism for the wealthy but capitalism for everybody else”. Steve Bannon harnessed the spirit of revolt that the Democrats gave up | Thomas Frank 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z He has appointed billionaires to positions of high finance who want to unleash Wall Street, again. How to Help Working People 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Our current political and cultural environment is marred by a toxic belief that the country’s economic order is rigged against ordinary Americans — that the world of high finance unjustly supersedes their rights, needs and wants. Close My Tax Loophole 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Even Lithuania, a country not typically noted as a hub for business in Europe, much less high finance, is involved. After ‘Brexit’ Vote, Europeans Jockey for London’s Business 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In 2012, as the Socialist candidate, he promised to fight high finance, end austerity and squeeze the rich, not to loosen the labour code. Violent strikes against labour reforms are causing chaos in France 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Yet he embraced ambiguity, and campaigned for election in 2012 vowing to squeeze the rich and fight high finance, before converting to more market-friendly economics halfway through his term. Aux barricades 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z People in each city tend to be consumed by work, glued to their smartphones and caught up in a money culture driven by high finance. How Many Hours Does an iPhone Cost? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It was like going to college for an intense, self-administered degree in high finance. How one woman beat the big banks: The amazing, true story about how Wall Street’s mortgage fraud unraveled 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z While supporters cheer the new rules as a democratization of high finance, potentially opening up to the masses deals once reserved for the rich, skeptics worry that regular investors might get only the leftovers. New Crowdfunding Rules Let the Small Fry Swim With Sharks 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Many voters share Mr. Sanders’s disdain for high finance and his nostalgia for an economy based more on manufacturing. Mr. Sanders’s shocking ignorance on his core issue 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z "I am but a pawn in a high-stakes chess game played by giants in international banking and high finance," Maia Santos Deguito, the branch manager, told the senate committee. Bangladesh Bank hackers 'possibly Chinese,' says Philippines senator 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z It and other clearing-houses now occupy a central position in high finance. Double-crossed 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z After President Obama was sworn in, he was cautioned by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner not to go after high finance too hard. The Tax Break for Patriotic Billionaires 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z These days, owners come from high finance and real estate. The Faces of American Power, Nearly as White as the Oscar Nominees 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Mrs. Clinton’s own speechmaking was a veritable tour through high finance. Hillary Clinton’s Paid Speeches to Wall Street Animate Her Opponents 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Emphasis was placed on associations of the City of London with “high finance.” How a Single World War II Photograph Was Used to Support Both Britain and Germany 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z He struck the very image of a hip young executive who reveled in his ability to shake up the very button-down worlds of high finance and pharmaceuticals. Martin Shkreli, face of a new economy, charged with an old-school crime 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Buffett is the son of a billionaire investor, but his passion is not high finance – it’s farming. Why Tom Steyer's latest fight against climate change involves raising his own cattle 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Koch Industries and its subsidiaries, which are a privately held, are involved in everything from oil refining to manufacturing to high finance. Charles Koch scolds the 1 percent: The plutocrat’s surprising moment of clarity 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Combining high finance with pleasure, he bought up local TV stations and hired starlets in cantilevered bras to brighten the brain-dead shows he broadcast. The end of bunga bunga 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In the new Showtime drama which premieres Jan. 17, a vicious conflict erupts between two men in high finance, one in capitalism and one in regulation. In Showtime's high-finance 'Billions,' it's show me the money, or else 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z The world of high finance is fairly cozy, so institutions getting a big chunk of initial shares tend to be those doing significant business with the underwriter. Should You Buy an IPO? 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z “In the case of the Bushes, it’s both politics and high finance.” How Jeb Bush Spent His Years on Wall Street 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Reich says White House officials involved in setting financial policy should be banned from working in high finance for five years after they leave government. Clinton says she's talking to lots of economists, but progressives want names 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Reports assert that the United States is once again sabotaging socialist China through secret operations, this time in high finance. INSIDE CHINA: Stock market crash blamed on U.S. conspiracy 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Major GOP donors, especially those in high finance in New York, have been privately quizzing leading presidential candidates on same-sex marriage. As cultural ground shifts, Republicans face a choice 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z The phenomenon spans the pay scale from burger-flipping to high finance. Find Out If Your Personality Fits Your Job 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Or you may pay a high finance charge. How To Crush Your Credit Report 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z CBS Corp-owned Showtime described the show as "a complex and contemporary drama about power politics in the New York world of high finance." Hedge funds go Hollywood: Showtime orders TV series 'Billions' 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The first is Improbable, a business founded by a group of Cambridge computer scientists which creates virtual environments for use in everything from gaming to high finance. Glittering spires and silicon roundabouts 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Believe it or not, in the warped world of high finance,”There’s gold in them thar hills” of bad debt, and where there’s gold, there are diggers. Vulture capitalists are picking us dry: Why consumer debt buyers are on the rise 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The oil industry is just as fast-paced, the pressure as intense as high finance, Homiston says, adding that he’s responsible for the livelihoods of almost 2,000 people. You can go home: Returnees to ND oil boom town here to stay 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z That, too, is consistent with a culture in which men don’t merely hold more more positions in government and high finance, but seek those positions more as well. Why Men Are More Narcissistic Than Women 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I argue that as outsiders in the world of high finance, women like Born and Bair can think more clearly and offer new insights. Know Your Value: The Gender Wage Gap and the Perception of Value 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z He had no idea what hot potato might be lobbed at him from an audience with a wide range of expertise, say from high finance and fracking to the fratricidal tribes in Yemen. Jeb Bush Was an Effective Governor and Would Be Formidable in 2016 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z So began a statement from Founder Group, an investment firm owned by Peking University, defending its conduct in one of the most bitter disputes to roil Chinese high finance in years. Kung-fu fighting 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Yet another example of high finance at work. Wall Street’s little secret: It wins both coming and going This was your first book, but since then you’ve written about all kinds of little worlds and subcultures — baseball, Silicon Valley and high finance. Michael Lewis on Wall Street: “I have much more time for the vulgarity than I do for the hypocrisy” 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z But in almost every other field, with the noteworth yexclusion of high finance, women made extraordinary advances over the last 30 years. A new explanation for tech’s pathetic gender diversity: The personal computer 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The local government has lowered corporation tax, and high finance has come storming in – online gaming companies, hedge funds, private banks. Gibraltar – 'an emblem of waste and loneliness' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The change will turn the Institute of Religious Works, as the bank is formally known, into a simple retail bank, in keeping with Francis' dislike of the trappings of high finance. Pope Francis names new head of scandal-plagued Vatican bank 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The panel, which is led by Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, will examine a payment system that has become endemic on Wall Street, though it is little known outside the world of high finance. Senate Panel to Scrutinize Possible Conflicts in the Stock Market 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z On the one hand, by using familiar images such as mountains this seems to make high finance easier to grasp for those of us who are not experts. Money and the financial crisis in art 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But it also made those with good political connections the indispensable middlemen of high finance and convinced many ordinary Chinese that the game was rigged. For One Tiananmen-Era Student, a Very Different Path to Power 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Have you ever been refused entry to a secretive and sinister gathering of the world's most powerful figures from the worlds of politics and high finance? Like Ed Balls at Bilderberg, have you ever been refused entry to somewhere important? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z They could be self-taught children of the streets, slowly building up enough knowledge to go after the citadels of high finance. What If Nigeria's Spam Kings Really Are The Good Guys? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z He embarked on a march on foot from Rome to Paris earlier this year, meeting the pope and portraying his case as one individual's struggle against high finance. Ex-trader Kerviel appeals to French president from Italian border 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Coaching, which decades ago migrated from the playing field to the executive suite, has been slow to penetrate high finance. Traders emulate pro athletes to improve their game, hiring coaches and metrics analysts 2014-03-21T14:38:27Z In the course of writing “Young Money,” Roose spent three years following the career development of eight recent Wall Street hires, from the moment they were first introduced into the crucible of high finance. Wall Street’s millennial crisis: For young people, the spell has worn off 2014-02-22T21:00:00Z "Guidance on what words spoken in English really mean"; What a dictionary that would be: How high finance talk relates to middle income earners and effects low income folk. The Economist explains: What “forward guidance” is, and how it (theoretically) works 2014-02-11T23:50:00Z But in those days, Sandberg looked to Smith for inspiration about raising a family in the intense world of high finance and politics. Michelle Smith, working behind the scenes to shape the Fed’s public image 2014-01-25T19:20:20Z Obama very in his first hundred days, when he got high political mileage inveighing against the sins of high finance, with its big bonuses and bigger bailouts. Obama's Quiet Bull Market Charges Past Reagan-Era Gains 2013-10-29T16:05:32Z Bank executives, lawyers and lobbyists now portray themselves as concerned parties trying to help stretched technocrats, who face the task of writing hundreds of complex rules to regulate high finance. Insight: Resigned to reform, Wall St tries a different tack in DC 2013-07-21T12:04:38Z I may have been new to high finance, but even then with so much money in play the concept seemed comical. Greed Is Rampant on Wall Street 2013-07-17T10:50:26Z The human elements of the case, which could be spotlighted when Mr. Tourre takes the witness stand, might sway a jury otherwise bogged down in the minutiae of high finance. DealBook: After Goldman and Before Trial, a Global Education for Fabrice Tourre 2013-07-14T21:17:33Z So where are the new players in high finance? Our banks are not merely out of control. They're beyond control 2013-06-19T19:35:01Z He is a long-time advocate of charter schools and, more quietly, of voucher programs: a favorite hobbyhorse of the men of high finance. Cory Booker: the inexorable rise of Newark's neoliberal egomaniac 2013-06-11T17:37:33Z As a small-scale fightback against globalised high finance and footloose multinationals channelling profits offshore, a number of regions have started "parallel currencies", which can only be spent on goods and services from local businesses. Ten bright ideas to make the banking serve the UK – rather than itself 2013-05-04T23:05:51Z Part of the difficulty in prosecuting bankers, he said, is that the law is often unclear on what constitutes a criminal offense in high finance. Iceland, Prosecutor of Bankers, Sees Meager Returns 2013-02-03T00:25:24Z Photograph: Alamy The gap between high finance and the rest of society is one of the main themes of this blog. 'You can be a trader without ever having seen what banking actually is' 2013-01-31T14:59:32Z England has the game the world wants to watch on television, and staying in that league of 20 is the difference between high finance and potential ruin. Global Soccer: Queens Park Takes a Huge Risk for a Huge Payoff 2013-01-15T12:17:20Z But the world of Wall Street and high finance was unfamiliar terrain for them. UPDATE 1-Lawyer says Goldman failed speech software 'geniuses' 2012-12-10T20:09:21Z Mr. Romney, 65, has spent four decades inside the corridors of high finance and state politics, where indecorous diction and vulgarisms abound. Romney’s Throwback Language, His Mittisms 2012-10-21T05:37:18Z And as with high finance the illusion was that complexity reduces risk. Unrest drags Spain towards buried unpleasant truths 2012-10-02T12:49:05Z He and others in the film are recognizable characters of high finance, but their egomaniacal ways stoke a culture clash abroad. DealBook: In 'Supercapitalist,' Wall Street Is Back as a Villain 2012-08-10T16:52:57Z European leaders are in thrall to the profession of high finance. Eurozone crisis: the bankers are happy to play Nero as Europe burns 2012-07-31T20:00:01Z But how far will inquiries go, especially when both American political parties are so beholden to high finance for cash? Banksters take us to the brink 2012-07-12T21:49:00Z Enron, the dot-com bust, the subprime mortgage crisis and the bank bailouts have all contributed to the very low esteem in which the American public holds Corporate America in general, and high finance in particular. LIBOR Scandal: The Crime of the Century? 2012-07-09T08:05:39Z The truth, which is acknowledged by the more candid and mature politicians on both sides, is that nearly all of the political establishment fell under the thrall of high finance. Banksters will keep on escaping justice until the politicians act 2012-06-30T20:00:05Z “We need a party that just doesn’t talk about high finance and cutting corporate taxes or cutting the top tax rates,” he said in one of many challenges to Republican orthodoxy. Currents: Real Debate Behind the Media Circus 2012-03-30T16:30:08Z “Even our ‘high finance’ railroad wreckers in Wall Street wouldn’t go quite as far as that,” laughed Tom. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z The young fool imagines that by trickery and juggling he is playing the game of high finance! The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z They were looking forward to a career in high finance and I was trying to teach them to appreciate Tennyson. Retirees Are Using Education to Exercise an Aging Brain 2012-03-08T06:25:33Z Of course, no one is being drafted into high finance. Warning: Banking May Be Hazardous to Your Health 2012-02-15T02:04:22Z We always knew the left was suspicious of high finance. Reuters Magazine: The one percent war 2012-01-27T00:46:06Z “We need a party that just doesn’t talk about high finance and cutting corporate taxes or cutting the top tax rates,” Santorum says. What You Missed While Not Watching the Last South Carolina GOP Debate 2012-01-20T05:25:00Z Compensation consulting is an obscure corner of the management consulting industry, where practitioners operate in the shadows of high finance. The Invisible Hand Behind Wall Street Bonuses 2012-01-17T01:37:12Z “She not only understands high finance, she understands retail, on-the-ground politics.” Gina Raimondo Math Convinces Rhode Island of America’s Prospects 2012-01-10T09:09:55Z One by one, the capitalist was disposing of the documents before him, working rapidly, but with the absolute precision acquired by years of experience in the world of high finance. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z But in the alchemy of high finance, bankers are hoping to turn the slump to their advantage. DealBook: Modest Bonus Year on Wall St., but Stock Could Yield Fortunes 2011-12-03T23:21:34Z In two weeks more they’ll be all cleaned up on the war, and then they’ll be reorganizing their little committee on high finance. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z A former Goldman Sachs banker whose district includes the hedge fund capitals of Greenwich and Stamford, Conn., Mr. Himes understands the world of high finance better than most of his Congressional peers. DealBook: For Jim Himes, Wall Street Ties Swing From Asset to Liability 2011-09-26T23:31:49Z The big money of high finance occasionally brings on bad bets and spectacular frauds. A Rogues' Gallery of Traders 2011-09-15T15:48:03Z It’s better known for olive oil and souvlaki than high finance. Q&A: What the crisis in Greece means for the rest of Europe and the delicate US economy 2011-09-15T17:00:21Z The boom leaves Zug an odd mix of rural tranquility and high finance. Tax Haven's Tax Haven Pays Price for Success 2011-08-29T02:38:10Z The workers, rather than essential parts of a productive economic engine, are now just pawns in high finance's game. Profit on Wall Street, recession on Main Street 2011-08-24T16:48:47Z Still, that's not enough to reverse the trend that this recession, despite its origins in the world of high finance, is hitting the middle class the worst. Jobs Market Worst For Middle Class 2011-07-30T06:30:27Z "I'm getting you, a little at a time," said the colonel, taking his first lesson in high finance as a duck takes to the water. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z One year ago: A triumphant President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s. Today in History 2011-07-21T04:03:52Z So they invested their small savings, these fur-cutters and petty tradesmen and barnstorming actors, in the venture that high finance scorned; and the boom, when it came, found them securely in the saddle. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z In other words, Labour's generous impulses on public spending often need a paymaster with pockets as deep as those of high finance. Money v making stuff 2011-06-07T10:29:01Z The defense argued that the tapes revealed nothing more than that Rajaratnam was doing his duty by asking questions about information already circulating in the "real world" of high finance. General Ratko Mladic arrested in Serbia 2011-05-26T11:17:00Z With those bonds, Morris had made private creditors into public creditors as well, swelling the domestic U.S. debt to vast proportions in an effort to connect national purpose to high finance. The truth about Philadelphia 1787 2011-04-05T00:30:00Z This exponent of high finance had tenfold increased his fortune by his enterprises in furnishing supplies to the army, or, in other words, robbing the people and famishing the soldiers. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The boss of the Galleon hedge fund was a big name in high finance, but not in the wider world. Raj Rajaratnam 2011-03-08T09:57:42Z Employing these tools, the investigation has reached into the upper echelons of corporate America and high finance. DealBook: For Hedge Fund Baron, Trial Poses a Steep Risk 2011-03-05T21:44:01Z Pre-crisis, high finance failed its societal functions of allocating capital efficiently and managing risk—it did neither. Joseph Stiglitz Criticizes Austerity Policy 2011-01-23T05:00:00Z The football industry has become high finance and hi-tech: there are multimillion-pound transfers to Premier League football clubs and Fifa has introduced an electronic Transfer Matching System. Fraudster attempted to buy Watford 2011-01-13T00:05:05Z Unlike many of its rivals, Wells Fargo’s business tilts more toward bread-and-butter lending rather than the high finance of Wall Street. Wells Fargo Reports Higher Earnings, Topping Estimates 2010-10-20T12:35:00Z He pleased the auditorium when he got to the section criticising the "murky" world of high finance and setting out how he believes "capitalism kills competition". Vince Cable: Royal Mail is for sale ? with 10% of shares for staff 2010-09-22T20:13:00Z The “Banktown” saga has all the elements of a compelling tale of high finance. Off the Shelf: Big Banking, Southern Style 2010-09-18T21:47:00Z But this latest setback is nonetheless a stinging comedown for the wizards of high finance. ?Quant? Funds Try to Resurrect Computer Investing 2010-08-19T17:41:00Z But the recent crisis, and the fissures that it spread throughout high finance, cultivated new interest in the strategy. Risky 'Search Funds' Draw Entrepreneurs, Dollars 2010-07-12T04:25:00Z He crisply sketches Warburg's perfectionism, cultural life and exacting vision of high finance, situating him precisely in the hurricane history of 20th-century Europe. Niall Ferguson's "High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg" 2010-07-11T04:00:00Z Blinded by an infatuation with high finance, there was shamefully little support for manufacturing and too little effort made to foster genuine private enterprise in the regions. Osborne's 'rebalancing' risks hitting a regional generation hard 2010-06-23T05:00:00Z My worry is that scepticism about the world of high finance is spilling over into other sectors: the public is questioning the very nature of business and its benefits for the wider community. For fair pay, see Plato 2010-06-03T17:59:00Z Not everybody is interested in immersion in the fine details of high finance. Banking crisis guided tours of New York 2010-05-28T13:44:00Z David Miliband, frontrunner in the race to become party leader, today described the behaviour of high finance in the runup to the banking crisis as immoral as he called for new reforms of the City. David Miliband targets 'immoral' City excesses 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z A wide-ranging competition review of all aspects of the banking industry – from high street banks to high finance – is likely to be commissioned by the coalition government, the new City minister saidtoday. City minister says investment banks likely to face competition review 2010-05-27T16:45:00Z Undaunted by the spectacular crisis that laid waste to some of America's greatest banks, Hollywood and the world of high finance are on the verge of creating a market in blockbuster movie "futures". Wall Street to bet on Hollywood hits 2010-05-01T23:07:00Z This kind of high finance can numb the brain, and the legal questions are murky. Dealbook: When Deals on Wall St. Resemble a Casino Wager 2010-04-20T00:55:00Z In application essays and interviews, where applicants once waxed poetic about careers in consulting and high finance, idealism is the order of the day. MBAs with a Social Conscience 2010-04-05T18:35:00Z Then there are all the unionized workers whose fates are indirectly shaped by the world of high finance. Unions Make Strides as They Sharpen Attacks on Banks 2010-03-25T01:53:00Z To keep dancing, high finance and low-level bureaucrats may need a chaperone. Municipalities and derivatives: Cities in the casino 2010-03-18T11:42:00Z Closer to the bailed-out halls of high finance, thoughts are turning to the dangers of inflation. Reuters Breakingviews: Wal-Mart Dispels Inflation Fears 2010-02-19T05:50:00Z "Remember, China did not have a stock market until 1992," he pointed out, to show how China is still a novice in high finance. 2010-01-20T00:04:00Z Maybe it's easier to engage with the lesser but more concrete issues of duck house, bell tower, moat or plug, than the abstract language of high finance? 2010-01-13T05:59:00Z No one truly expected a heartfelt shift in world view from our captains of high finance. 2010-01-12T19:40:00Z You play at high finance; you sell what you never had to sell, and you are paid for it. The Moonlit Way "You seem to have found a very absorbing book, Nancy—aren't you at all interested in learning what my amazing talent for high finance has accomplished?" Nancy of Paradise Cottage But the big profit—the cream—does not go to these petty ultimate investors but to the political and high finance promoters, and these are French if the enterprise is French. American World Policies No mean task, armed in this case only with a slide rule and what engineering knowledge remained to him after thirty years of high finance. Deepfreeze This was his ceaseless refrain—the steadfast pursuit of the durable enlargement of productive power as the commanding aim of high finance. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) It has no other end than the resurrection of the high finance. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" As a result of the marriage Deaves, who up to that time had only been a money-lender, had succeeded in entering the realms of high finance. The Deaves Affair The evil is not confined to the realm of family relations, but pervades politics, "high finance," and a large part of the domain of social pleasures. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy But Mr. Fenn waved a proud hand and said he had Item Eleven.No desire to become involved in the devious ways of high finance, and took only the coat. In the Heart of a Fool So he becomes a "magnate," a man of "big business," and tends to high finance, manufacturing and merchandizing on a world-scale. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types The morning of Wednesday, November 19th, was devoted by the Prince to high finance; he went down to Wall Street and to visit the other temples of the gold god. Westward with the Prince of Wales Rumors of war and high finance, trade unions, strikes and sabotage burst on my startled artist's ears. The Harbor Graham, in a sudden burst of generosity, relieved the tension of their high finance. Highacres I The term "high finance" derives its origin from the French "haute finance," which in France as elsewhere in Europe designates the most eminently respectable, the most unqualifiedly trustworthy amongst financial houses. High Finance The danger is that China will be subordinated and sacrificed because of primary preoccupation with the high finance and politics of Europe, that she will be lost in the shuffle. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference You see I thought it was all on the level—his tinkering with the traction company—but he's in on the shrewdest piece of high finance that was ever put over in Indiana. Otherwise Phyllis We've built a nation of high finance—and graft—and a rising angry mob. The Harbor The most notable public exposure of indiscretion and wrongdoing in high finance occurred in New York. The New Nation No; bandit is too grand a word to apply to this game of ‘high finance.’ Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 And by force of circumstances our high finance has contracted a sort of economic alliance with Great Britain. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference There may come a time—who knows?—when “high finance’s” denial of a moral right to property of any kind may cease to be regarded as wicked. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 One of the most interesting novels ever written on the conflict between law and honesty on one side and the alliance of low politics and high finance on the other. A Victor of Salamis The hypnotist of high finance or big business merely writes his commands in heaven with a finger of fire. What I Saw in America “If you will kindly condescend to hold down the jobs I give you, you can safely leave the high finance of the company to your father.” The White Mice “You surely were cut out for high finance,” he told her. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Invariably the manufacturer of "made dollars," after his first coup, forsakes forever after the cold arithmetic of commerce for the rule of guess, dream, hope, and "I will," which constitutes the mathematics of high finance. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated He is in the "high finance," in fact. Fair Margaret A Portrait The author’s ideas of the operations of high finance are ingenuous. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 But modern methods of high finance make it necessary to manipulate the details a little. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 "I've always wanted to know what high finance really is," I said. Gossamer 1915 Proudly defiant of a product so alien to all her traditions, her citizens would have sworn that no votary of modern high finance could exist over one curfew-toll within her gates. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated No, he had not; he knew Monsieur Logotheti very well; he knew all the subscribers, and particularly all those who were members of the 'high finance.' Fair Margaret A Portrait "Yet he's the sensation in high finance just now," Stuart said, with an unconscious sneer. The Root of Evil But new things are being done right along in high finance. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 They talked, the gentleman with the barometer passing from the weather to politics, from politics to high finance, from high finance to himself. The Man Who Lost Himself When asked why he bothered to take part in the rack and strain of high finance he gave the amiable reply: "Because it's such fun." Men of Affairs The boy saw for the first time, not the banker, the dictator of high finance—but the man. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Bivens, the new sensation in high finance, she had established as her star boarder in his absence! The Root of Evil "A put-up job, then, is it—and all called high finance!" jeered Mayo. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The self-made man has become, in popular speech, the coal baron, the steel king, the oil king, the cattle king, the railroad magnate, the master of high finance, the monarch of trusts. The Frontier in American History There was too much high finance about it for me to follow close; but anyways I seen that it made Mr. Gordon sit up and take notice. Shorty McCabe He preferred to call it "high finance," "clever dealing," "sharp practice" perhaps. Every Man for Himself All about him were scores of men in groups, each group animatedly intent upon some topic from baseball to high finance. The Masques of Ottawa Besides that he's sort of a happy-go-lucky, rattle-brained youth who has been chucked into this high finance thing because his fam'ly thought he ought to be doing something that looks respectable; you know the type? Torchy As A Pa The real thing in high finance, eh?" says I. " Torchy, Private Sec. Now that we have sold our coal lands in Kentucky, you and I are interested in high finance. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods "There," he cried; "I receive a letter like that—I, the Baron Giraud—of the high finance." Dross "Give 'em something grand on high finance, or railroad building, or cooking beans, or something like that." The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds He had failed in the game as governed and modified by the rules of polite society and high finance. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Occasionally, at first, and again of late, the firm had found it necessary to resort to high finance. The Cow Puncher There was a quiet simplicity in Matheson's office that one would scarcely associate with the operations of high finance. Swirling Waters It seems that the highest aim of the high finance is to catch your neighbour telling the truth by accident. Dross For one thing, the Half-Moon Trust Company had finally terminated all dealings with the gorgeous marble-pillared temple of high finance of which he was a director. The Danger Mark And if what he had done did not concur with the elements of high finance, he would like Mr. Stokes—Bettina's father—to tell him what it did concur with. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Among these representatives of high finance a painter might find a choice clientèle that would never care about the price of an order. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers To high finance and those who play feverishly with it, the heart of the town is where Wall Street, running from Trinity Church down to the East River, is crossed by Nassau zigzagging into Broad. Fifth Avenue He might be expected to prove a safer guide in such a matter as that than in questions of high finance. Austin and His Friends Has high finance turned too risky for your stomach? The Day of Days An Extravaganza The savings were indeed hers, but a rebellious husband in high finance is an embarrassment. Joy in the Morning Where crops were spoiling for a market, farmers were not disposed to inquire into the mysteries of high finance and the nature of public credit. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Not everybody can see his country and the universe through the eyes of an oligarch of high finance. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 He was not yet inured to the ways of high finance, and the programme of the cotton barons, as unfolded that day, lay heavy on his mind, despite all his philosophy. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel The stability of credit becomes the watchword of high finance. Success (Second Edition) But I am not here on a matter of high finance. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate We have been dreading all along the time when the combined power of high finance would be greater than the power of the government. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People For the business of the nation and high finance there are the men whose age saved them from the dangers of the battlefield. The Living Present The Jews, who formed a sort of colony in what is now known as Trastevere—the low-lying quarter across the Tiber—were not yet the princes of high finance. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul The "gloom department" is a comparatively new institution in some kinds of high finance circles. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest "So, having had some disappointments in high finance," Prescott went on, "we can stay only as long as our dog fund lasts." The High School Boys' Canoe Club He may, at any time, abandon the refined and artistic methods of high finance for primitive, crude and direct means unworthy of his talents. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On And now that war is upon us, we are being warned that high finance is intriguing for peace. International Finance His mother had been writing him her discoveries that his father, in wretched health and goaded by physical torment to furious play at the green tables of "high finance," was losing steadily, swiftly, heavily. The Second Generation Her immediate preparations for war, the movements of her ships, and the attack of English high finance on the foremost German banking establishments, which took place at this crisis, exclude all doubt on the point. Germany and the Next War This was a scathing arraignment of a master in high finance. Within the Law One could not sit in at high finance and keep track of such things. Burning Daylight He had made his own code—not by special revelation from the Almighty, as did some of his fellow practitioners of high finance, but by especial command of his imperial "destiny." The Cost When the twenty was hidden, and the small but typical operation in high finance was complete, he shook Dippel. The Fortune Hunter I have used the money to some advantage, having especially looked out for such investments as would not be affected by the uncertainties of high finance. Three Dramas That was the lesson taught by the captain in high finance. Within the Law They called it railroading, high finance, banking, wholesaling, real estate, and such things, but the point was that they got it, while she got what was left,—twenty-two cents. Burning Daylight That day the third assistant cashier greeted him with politeness carefully graded to the due of a man merely moderately rich and not a factor in the game of high finance. The Cost There wasn't a doubt in my mind that I was about to get my deserts, was about to enter the charmed circle of "high finance." The Deluge Concerns "that would not be affected by the uncertainties of high finance,"—weren't those his words? Three Dramas The young banker who left his region of high finance to come out and condole with me, in apologizing for the original refusal of my letter, would not be contented with so little. Familiar Spanish Travels It was to be expected that little men should salt gold-mines with a shotgun and work off worthless brick-yards on their friends, but in high finance such methods were not worth while. Burning Daylight Mr. Franklin Fullaway, following a certain modern fashion, introduced into life by twentieth-century company promoters and magnates of the high finance, had established his business quarters at his hotel. The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation No; bandit is too grand a word to apply to this game of 'high finance.' The Deluge In the criminal courts, Your Honor, such a conspiracy would be properly described as grand larceny; in Wall Street perchance it may be viewed as high finance. Tutt and Mr. Tutt Considerations of high finance are supposed to have been an important factor in it. The European Anarchy But the sad truth of the matter is that a new finding in science requires as much backing as a new project in high finance or social climbing. The Glands Regulating Personality What had once been regarded as outright theft and piracy were now cloaked under high-sounding phrases as "corporate extension" and "high finance" and other catchwords calculated to lull public suspicion and resentment. Great Fortunes from Railroads Everybody here respects me, and who respects the Wall street high finance and life insurance robber? Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys And if anything goes wrong, and you fail to collect from your people, I'll give you a lesson in high finance that you'll never forget, young man! Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley My experience may help you to avoid the pitfalls of high finance. The Iron Trail A few thousand dollars judiciously spent on archaeology might cover up a multitude of sins of high finance. Gold of the Gods There is such a thing as loyalty and friendship even in big business; in fact, high finance is founded on confidence and personal honor. The Auction Block Sam did what he could to help them, although, as he frankly admitted, he did not take to bookkeeping or anything that smacked of high finances. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds "They form an element in high finance," Sir Charles admitted coldly. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay There were episodes which smelt of the shady practices of high finance in the events which led up to this acquisition. The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History His eyes were blue and far away, and his still, mournful face and his great bent shoulders seemed to suggest all the power and mystery of high finance. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Hammon had bulked large in the steel world, and his position in circles of high finance had become prominent; but alive he could never have worked one-half the havoc caused by his sudden death. The Auction Block The irruption of high finance into the placid course of the afternoon's proceedings had stirred the congregation out of its lethargy. Indiscretions of Archie This game was no longer moving in those large, easy sweeps which characterize the more favorable aspects of high finance. The Titan “I wonder,” he mused, “if I couldn’t put something over in the way of high finance here,” and, acting upon the inspiration, he entered the dingy little shop. The Efficiency Expert They knew the stocks only by their letters, but this itself gave a touch of high finance to their deliberations. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich This falsehood troubled him vaguely until he remembered that high finance must be often conducted behind a veil. The Auction Block It is the kind of business which has tended to make the very name "high finance" a term of scandal to which all honest American men of business should join in putting an end. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography My thoughts, which had been diverted from my rash plunge into the intricacies of high finance, began to return to it. The Rise of Roscoe Paine A glimpse of high finance without a flaw! The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors That, in the sickness of his soul, crushed by the Grand Palaver, overwhelmed with the burden of high finance, had become his aim, to be done with it, to get rid of his whole fortune. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Tembarom's knowledge of high finance was a street lad's knowledge of it, and he himself knew its limitations and probable unreliability. T. Tembarom That was legitimate, too—'high finance,' he said. The Depot Master To have secured Willie Partridge, whom he intended to lead gradually into the realms of high finance by way of envelope-addressing, was much. Piccadilly Jim Of course, this theory of finance was not publicly sanctioned, but it was known politically and journalistically, and in high finance. The Financier, a novel Well, that's according to how you look at the ins and outs of modern high finance. The Golf Course Mystery Moreover I had a certain aptitude for what is called high finance. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot There's one or two things about high finance that you don't know even yet. The Depot Master Under the Bourbons, Large Landed Property ruled together with its parsons and lackeys; under the Orleanist, it was the high finance, large industry, large commerce, i.e., Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte The d'Hautpoul Ministry numbered only one man of parliamentary reputation, the Jew Fould, one of the most notorious members of the high finance. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte |
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