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...four times what it is today - or a quarter as much. That absurdly broad range, which falls in line with other volatility barometers, is indicative of how haywire stocks have been acting. "You saw that kind of volatility in the Brazilian and Argentinean markets in the beginning of the 1990s," says Engle. "You don't really expect to see it in developed economies...
Still, similar assertions were made about Vitamin E in the 1990s before elevated doses were associated with a higher incidence of lung cancer. Nonetheless, at 400 IU, Gordon says, "The AAP's new guidance can only lead to healthier kids...
...current financial mess. But the French government really messed up the last time it had control of a chunk of the nation's banking system. That was when President Francois Mitterrand nationalized banks in the 1980s. In fact, for a good part of the 1990s, the French budget was knocked sideways because of the losses incurred at just one state-run bank, Credit Lyonnais. The German state's track record in banking isn't much better. Regional governments own some of the dogs of the industry, like WestLB, and even the federal government isn't a brilliant manager. Last month...
...strengthening its nationalist roots. Political analysts praised his oratorical skills and manifest charisma as well as his talent for reducing complicated political and economic problems to easily recognized root causes. He espoused anti-immigrant positions and attempted (unsuccessfully) to prevent Austria from joining the European Union in the 1990s. In a country reluctant to acknowledge its role in Nazi atrocities carried out during the Second World War, he also repeatedly hinted that Hitler was not all bad: at one point he said that the Waffen S.S., the unit implicated in some of the worst crimes of the Holocaust, was "part...
...solutions to the current crisis. But the IMF's role will be limited, because the financial turmoil is global. The organization might be able to lend a hand in specific situations. On Thursday the IMF announced it was restarting an emergency lending program that had been active during the 1990s Asian crisis for developing countries. The IMF has already sent a mission to Iceland, which is suffering from a financial meltdown. "All kinds of cooperation has to be recommended," IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn told reporters...