Word: creditably
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...troubles, for example, began with big losses in its mortgage-laden investment portfolio. But its current crisis has to do with its big position in credit default swaps - securities that allow one to bet on or insure against a company's failure. If the credit-rating agencies downgrade AIG's debt, as is considered likely, it will be forced by the terms of the credit default swaps in its portfolio to cough up so much cash that its survival would be in danger, the New York Times reported lastnight...
...great majority of Americans who don't happen to work in the financial industry, the ramifications of all this turmoil on Wall Street remain hard to assess. ATMs are still dispensing cash, credit card offers keep arriving in the mail, and it's not even all that hard to get a mortgage - if your credit's okay and you can actually afford the monthly payments. There is less lending overall, and that depresses economic activity. But with oil prices dropping again today, the single greatest scourge of American consumers this year - the high price of gasoline...
...while the stock market is a handy economic gauge, what we're really caught in now is a credit market crisis, and it is on the credit side that things are really happening...
...group then proceeded to beat him to the ground and steal his gym bag, which contained his cell phone, iPod, and credit card, as well as various clothing items. The assailants fled towards Mass...
...Still, experts give the Chinese government credit for making disability a political priority. Deng Xiaoping's son Deng Pufang, who was paralyzed after Red Guards threw him off a building during the Cultural Revolution, heads the China Disabled Persons Federation, offering a respected voice for the needs of the disabled. Ahead of the Paralympics, extensive investment went into upgrading Beijing's infrastructure. Lifts were added to the subway system, special taxis built for easier boarding by wheelchair users roam the streets, and Beijing's main airport was outfitted with $1.7 million worth of ramps, handicapped bathrooms and Braille signs, according...