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...what? I should e-mail my ex-boyfriend, even though we're not on speaking terms. Mail Goggles makes me divide 42 by 7 but otherwise has no problem with my incredibly bad decision. Maybe the program would work better if it filtered certain phrases like "What's your deal?" or "jerkface...
...order to deal with nervous investors and the unpredictable markets, many hedge funds have recently gotten a lot more conservative. David Kostin, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, estimates that hedge funds have moved as much as $400 billion of their assets into cash. Cohen's SAC Capital, which is down 9% this year, has reportedly put half its fund, or $7 billion, in cash. The move to cash makes sense, says Gradante, for the current market. But it may hurt funds over the long haul. "If stocks rebound rapidly, like they did on Monday," says Gradante, "these funds will continue...
...Treasury and the wealth of the American people behind the U.S. banking system. It is literally powerful too: Treasury is about to release the financial equivalent of a high-pressure water hose to lubricate the stagnant banking system. World stock markets responded positively to news of the deal...
...Treasury has also tried to structure the deal so that banks have an incentive to raise private capital to buy back the shares from the government. Private investors can get the same terms as the government, but not better terms, according to a Treasury official. It's not clear how eager private investors will be to jump in. And in theory, if the banks' stock prices rise, the taxpayer would benefit as the government is bought...
...contraception should be legal. On the scant occasion when the group has addressed the issue of birth control, it has only perpetuated misconceptions about the side effects of the pill. By implicitly rejecting contraception and explicitly denouncing abortion, FFL gives women no other options but to give birth and deal with the financial and emotional consequences...