Back in 2006, when the credit boom was in full bloom, $9 billion worth of so-called capital appreciation bonds were sold.
Only now, with the shale gas boom in full swing, are environmental concerns mounting in the US.
IN 2004, with the real estate boom in full swing, seasoned developers were closing on deals to build mixed- and low-income buildings at a quick clip.
("It's not gonna stay that way forever," Maneen muses, correctly. The Irish boom, in full flower in 2005 when this play was written, has since gone bust).
A century on, there's a new boom in full swing: if the first was fin-de-siècle, this one's fin-de-sickle.
With the guitar boom in full flower, wasn't there a temptation to do a solo LP? (This question came the closest of any to making Blackmore blow his cool).
This was Jerry Seinfeld's first show in the UK in 12 years, and he arrived in the midst of a live comedy boom in full swing: a country crazy for standup, crazy for "have you ever noticed … ?" and "what is it with … ?" – all those things of which Seinfeld is the supreme exponent.
With the networking boom in full swing, it comes as no surprise that the less-established network processor makers are already being wooed by the large chipmakers, either as partners or as acquisition targets.
With the DJ boom in full affect around the world, it was only natural that I gave up my position to form a DJ management company called 4AM with my close friends DJ Jus-Ske, DJ Jesse Marco and Jonny Lennon.
A little over a year later, the company's United States-to-Britain link was operating and, with the telecom and Internet booms in full throttle, customers lined up.
