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...book of the Bible (almost any one that is part of the cultural deposit of stories and lyrics—Genesis, Exodus, Ruth, Job, Psalms, one of the Gospels, Revelation). Because of the separation of church and state in the United States, there is no academic subject in which the Bible is taught to [undergraduates] in elementary or high school, and many remain unacquainted with it. It would be a pity to miss these books, drawn on so extensively by literature, the visual arts, and music...
...hedge funds-in-disguise that pose a stability risk to the market while also performing some banking operations. The Volcker rule, which would ban banks from engaging in proprietary trading, would change technical classifications that are easy to work around, as investment banks could shift risks or sell their deposit-taking businesses with little pain. As Lowenstein notes, a transaction tax such as the one that has been proposed in England could at least raise revenue and begin to change the incentives for financial institutions...
...Roaring '20s, after all. Standards were too loose and had to change. At the same time, problems at many banks are contributing to the new, more conservative lending stance. Souring real estate loans are driving dozens of banks out of business. Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has taken over 30 failing institutions...
Jackson says he believes that the increase in students looking at government jobs—at the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—might also reflect enthusiasm for the Obama administration...
...Zuma's "colorful life," which consists of "five wives, a love child with the daughter of one of his political allies, a criminal trial for alleged rape of an HIV-positive woman and corruption charges." Not stopping there, the paper reported that Zuma had paid "a sort of tribal deposit on a future bride." (See pictures of South Africa...