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| Is Facebook Sucking Oxygen Out of the IPO Market? Wed, 16 May 2012 20:40:26 EDT Despite the biggest tech IPO ever, the flagging stock market has prompted an increasing number of companies to halt plans to go public |
| Unlocking the Crude Oil Bottleneck at Cushing Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:42 EDT This week the Seaway pipeline will start sending oil from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast. How will that impact the price of oil? |
| Can Corporate America Ever Be Cured? Tue, 15 May 2012 15:53:41 EDT Years after collapse, congressional hearings, and new regulations, the hubris of chief executives has hardly missed a beat |
| Assessing the Odds of a Greek Euro Exit Tue, 15 May 2012 14:58:19 EDT Despite intensifying drama, Greece could still end up sticking with the euro |
| Trading Loss Haunts Dimon at JPMorgan Chase's Annual Meeting Tue, 15 May 2012 12:08:33 EDT Shareholders peppered Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon with questions and criticism about the bank's management and practices |
| How Did the Original J.P. Morgan Do It? Tue, 15 May 2012 05:59:01 EDT The hedging debacle at JPMorgan Chase raises a big question: How much does the economy benefit from many activities of the modern financial system? |
| Another Woman Loses a Top Spot on Wall Street Mon, 14 May 2012 14:37:59 EDT JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew leaves after a $2 billion loss |
| JPMorgan's Big Loss: Volcker's Not So Dumb After All Fri, 11 May 2012 10:30:44 EDT The bank's $2 billion loss on a derivatives bet is a black eye for CEO Jamie Dimon |
| Jeffrey Gundlach, Bond Savant Thu, 10 May 2012 19:14:10 EDT In just two years, Gundlach's DoubleLine Capital has amassed $34 billion in assets. So who is this bond guru who left TCW on really bad terms? |
| Homeownership: Back to the Mean Thu, 10 May 2012 19:10:35 EDT The rate of homeownership is roughly where it was for decades after World War II |
| Bank-Loan Funds: A Risky Reach for Yield Thu, 10 May 2012 19:06:17 EDT The high yields on offer draw investors to a product they may not understand |
| States Borrow to Cover Pension Fund Shortfalls Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:16 EDT From California to Florida, states and municipalities are issuing pension bonds to cover retirement fund shortfalls |
| London's Russian IPOs Thu, 10 May 2012 18:56:14 EDT Russian companies prefer to list their shares in London |
| Debit Overdraft Fees Still Confound Consumers, Survey Finds Thu, 10 May 2012 17:10:47 EDT A Pew study finds that one in five consumers continues to pay overdraft fees on debit cards, despite new regulations |
| Bloomberg View: Paul Ryan and Paul Volcker Thu, 10 May 2012 17:05:59 EDT Ryan agrees: Banks shouldn't trade like hedge funds |
| Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:21 EDT Carl Icahn wins control of oil refiner CVR Energy; Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa bids for Irish phone company Eircom Group; and more |
| Yes, Germany Might Boost Inflation. Here's How Thu, 10 May 2012 13:40:48 EDT To help the euro zone's periphery nations become more competitive, Germany is finally conceding it must allow higher inflation |
| Where Has All the Stock Trading Gone? Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:20 EDT Public exchanges lose out as trading moves to dark pools and wholesalers |
| Green Mountain Coffee: A Giddy Win for Short-Sellers Wed, 09 May 2012 21:46:06 EDT Governance questions and weaker fundamentals have given short-sellers of Green Mountain stock plenty of reasons to feel vindicated |
| Housing Bottom? Fannie Mae Won't Seek Tax Dollars Wed, 09 May 2012 13:14:52 EDT For the first time since 2008, the ward of the state doesn't need to take money from taxpayers to balance its books |
| A Heady Time for Muni Bonds Wed, 09 May 2012 06:03:23 EDT Those predictions of widespread defaults were greatly exaggerated |
| Why Dan Loeb Loves Yahoo's Résumé-Gate Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:26 EDT Activist investor Loeb hopes an error he spotted in Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson's résumé will let him appoint a successor |
| A Family's Struggle to Keep, Then Sell, Its Home Mon, 07 May 2012 17:47:18 EDT Upon her death, a California woman's mortgage problem passed to her children, who must market an underwater home |
| The Left and the Right Take Aim at the Fed Mon, 07 May 2012 14:35:13 EDT Congress comes up with new ways to dilute the Federal Reserve's power |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.