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- THE WEEK, Page 24BUSINESSEt Cetera
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- NOT SO FAST, JACK
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- It was the kind of clubhouse deal that irked even diehard
- Redskins fans, also known as taxpayers. 'Skins owner Jack Kent
- Cooke and Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder schemed to build a
- new football stadium in suburban Alexandria, for $160 million
- of Cooke's money and $130 million in public funds. Cooke would
- get his name on the building -- and the lion's share of the
- revenues. But with public outrage mounting, Wilder backtracked,
- asking Cooke for $40 million in concessions to keep the plan
- alive. Cooke's answer: No way.
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- HIGH-COST HIGH JINKS
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- When times get bad, traders get bored -- and mischievous.
- Recessionary restlessness got so out of hand lately at the
- Pacific Stock Exchange in Los Angeles that a rule was invoked
- fining rubber-band snappers and spitball snipers as much as
- $5,000; first-time offenders pay $1,000. At the Philadelphia
- exchange, anyone throwing a punch on the floor is fined $1,000.
- First-time practical jokers at the New York exchange pay $250.
- It is a language that traders understand. Since the rule was
- initiated in Los Angeles, not a single rubber band has been
- spotted zinging across the floor.
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