Word: assets
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Though Bowman has been a UC member only starting this academic year, he cites his experiences in activism as an asset to the ticket...
...Australia's central bank, inflation and asset bubbles in an environment of easy money evidently now trump worries of a second-dip recession. Its October and November decisions, which raised interest rates from 3% to 3.5%, are meant to keep inflation between 2% to 3% in 2010. The country's consumer price index as of September actually rose just 1.3%, but the fear is that the resurgent economy and government's $38 billion in cash handouts and infrastructure spending will push inflation above...
Uncle Sam is out some $2.3 billion in bailout funding following the bankruptcy of CIT, a major lender to small and medium-size businesses. The Nov. 1 filing by the century-old firm marks the government's first loss stemming from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), designed to stabilize major businesses during the height of the economic meltdown. CIT says it hopes to emerge from bankruptcy by year's end. More government losses could follow as bailout recipients such as Chrysler and AIG continue to struggle. Still, analysts say it could have been worse: CIT sought more bailout funding...
...Bailing out banks and other financial firms cost $245 billion. A $419 billion drop in tax receipts (due mainly to recession, not legislation) without an offsetting spending cut was the biggest factor in the deficit's rise. Then there are the trillions of dollars the Federal Reserve put into asset purchases and other programs - surely the biggest stimulus...
...Obviously being able to step on the field hockey team so late in the season is a difficult thing to do,” said field hockey co-captain Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon, “but [Nina] has already been a great asset and has fit in seamlessly. It’s a testament to her character and athleticism that she is able to balance two Division I athletic teams...