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The reactor has been shut down and is being disabled under last year's disarmament agreement between the North and its five interlocutors: the US, China, ...
China ‘Worried’ About Safety of U.S. TreasuriesBy MICHAEL WINES and BETTINA WASSENER
China, the biggest holder of U.S. government debt, expressed concern about the safety of those assets.
Today's Papers: Beijing Gets The T-Bond BluesGoogle on Thursday unveiled a service called Google Voice, which has the potential to make the search giant a middleman in an important part of people's lives, telephone communications. What does it do? CNET News intern Erik Palm asked reporter Stephen Shankland. |
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut as part of a Mideast tour aimed at achieving a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. He was travelling from Damascus where he urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to put pressure on the Palestinian militant group Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel. A separate EU delegation is also visiting the region to push for a cease-fire. Israeli diplomats said talks were focusing on the size of an "international presence" along the blockaded Gaza-Egypt border, where rockets and other weapons have reportedly reached Hamas through a network of tunnels. Former British Prime Minister and current Middle East envoy Tony Blair said Sarkozy, the European Union and the United States were all in agreement that new anti-smuggling measures would be needed to clinch a ceasefire.
Madoff used middlemen such as Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet to persuade others to invest in an alleged Ponzi scheme.
As Options Fade, Lehman Is Said to Seek a Buyer By JENNY ANDERSON, ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and BEN WHITE
While the Treasury Department and the Fed were working to broker an orderly sale, it was unclear whether the Fed would stand behind any deal.
the Treasury Show phonetics
noun [S]
the government department, in Britain and various other countries, which is responsible for financial matters such as spending and tax
Compare the Exchequer.
Treasury bond Show phonetics
noun [C]
an official US document showing that someone has lent money to the US government which will be paid back after 10 years and on which interest will be paid twice a year
Mr Chiu, head of the National Security Council at the time, said he refrained from ordering intelligence checks of the two intermediaries' backgrounds. “This very good and trusted friend of mine had introduced [them], and I thought his was absolutely reliable,” Mr Chiu said.
intermediary
noun [C]
someone who carries messages between people who are unwilling or unable to meet:
The police negotiated with the gunman through an intermediary.
The former president has agreed to act as an intermediary between the government and the rebels.
━━ a. 仲介の; 中間の.
━━ n. 媒介者［物］, 仲介者. 仲介
However, by the end of 2006 the ministry felt that the talks were not promising, called them off and demanded the money back. According to Mr Chiu and Mr Huang, the two middlemen refused to return the funds and the government now says that both have since gone missing.
broker
n.
- One that acts as an agent for others, as in negotiating contracts, purchases, or sales in return for a fee or commission.
- A stockbroker.
- A power broker.
To arrange or manage as a broker: broker an agreement among opposing factions.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman brocour, abrocour; akin to Spanish alboroque, ceremonial gift at conclusion of business deal, from Arabic al-barka, the blessing, colloquial variant of al-baraka : al-, the + baraka, blessing, divine favor (from bāraka, to bless).]
WORD HISTORY Giving gifts to one's broker might be justifiable from an etymological point of view because the word broker may be connected through its Anglo-Norman source, brocour, abrocour, with Spanish alboroque, meaning “ceremony or ceremonial gift after the conclusion of a business deal.”
If this connection does exist, “business deal” is the notion shared by the Spanish and Anglo-Norman words because brocour referred to the middleman in transactions. The English word broker is first found in Middle English in 1355, several centuries before we find instances of its familiar compounds pawnbroker, first recorded in 1687, and stockbroker, first recorded in 1706.
Money Talks | 25.06.2008 | 04:30
German Start-Up Expands With Solar Brokerage
Germany is the world leader in solar power. Favourable laws to renewable sources of energy have led to a continuing high demand from homeowners and farmers for photovoltaic modules that help convert sunshine into electricity.
But these days, the largest growth is in the research and development sector as well as in services offered to companies operating in the solar power.PVExchange, a brokering platform on the internet and works a bit like Ebay, except that it only deals in photovoltaic modules and assists customers world-wide.
middleman Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a person who buys goods from a producer and makes a profit by selling them to a shop or a user:
You can lower the price by cutting out (= avoiding the use of) the middleman and buying directly from the factory.
2 someone who communicates or makes arrangements between two people or groups who are unwilling or unable to meet or deal directly with each other
brokerage
(brō'kər-ĭj)
n.
- The business of a broker.
- A fee or commission paid to a broker.
- A firm engaged in buying and selling stocks and bonds for clients.
middleman Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a person who buys goods from a producer and makes a profit by selling them to a shop or a user:
You can lower the price by cutting out (= avoiding the use of) the middleman and buying directly from the factory.
2 someone who communicates or makes arrangements between two people or groups who are unwilling or unable to meet or deal directly with each other
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