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Congress also turned back an amendment by Senator Paul Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat, who proposed that lenders who charged more than 100% annual interest should be barred from collecting their debts in bankruptcy court. One-hundred percent interest? Actually, that's the bargain-basement rate. In some cases, interest rates run upwards...
...parental investment in offspring routinely expend enormous amounts of energy caring for their relatives' young. Alloparents are not unconditional caretakers; they won't devote scarce resources to other offspring at the expense of their own. But when conditions allow an alloparenting deal to be made, it's a good bargain all around, with adults protecting their genetic legacy and the infant getting a team of surrogate moms in return. "Babies can learn to be quite satisfied with any of a select group of caretakers," says Hrdy, whose book Mother Nature is the most notable and artful of a flock...
...customers and a dominant share mean nothing if you're seen as a killer--even if the victims happen to be competitors and the damage is financial. Once a company's lawyers start running the show, investors get nervous. The issue now is whether investor jitters translate into a bargain price...
Roger O'Sullivan, president of the Cambridge Teachers Association, said the school district will have to bargain terms of the restructuring, in particular the packing up and moving of classrooms...
...Southern California landmark has begun charging children 10 and over the adult ticket price of $41 that previously applied to those 12 and up. Umm, isn't it a kids' theme park? Don't despair: guests 3 to 9 continue to get in for just $31--a real bargain. But will you still want to spring for mouse ears this trip...