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...tool is not limited to multibillion-dollar funds: CSAG is also offering a free service called the Terror-Free Calculator (http://www.terrorfreecalculator.com) Very few U.S. mutual funds have so far embraced terror-free investing. But as it expands, this device will let anyone evaluate his own mutual funds. Parametric, another big asset manager, last month produced a terror-free screen of stocks that is available through intermediaries including Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. Credit Suisse has also released a new terror-free product...
...proposed legislation comes at a tough time for investors because with the dollar sagging, experts recommend a slug of foreign stocks and bonds for a diversified portfolio. Critics, including some U.S. fund managers, claim that terror-free investing will mean missed opportunities. And forced divestment could have tax and transaction costs that could depress a fund's performance. According to a study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, if some of the Iran-divestment bills currently before state legislatures "are passed in their broadest form, institutions may be forced to sell $18 billion in investments." Tennessee...
...advantages, as it is more opaque than virgin paper, and drawbacks since its content can be unknown. But Gogan said the differences are slight. Gogan added that the U.S. government has been using 30 percent recycled paper since 1996 to print items such as treasury notes and postage stamps. Dollar bills are printed on 100 percent recycled paper and Harvard watermark paper has 50 percent recycled content, he said. —Staff writer Chelsea L. Shover can be reached at clshover@fas.harvard.edu...
...speech he compared FEMA’s inefficient Katrina response to the precision of private shipping firms like UPS and FedEx. He said, “U.P.S., FedEx and Wal-Mart can tell in real time where a package is anywhere in the world, but FEMA, despite its multibillion-dollar budget, couldn’t track many of its assets during its Katrina response…” Similarly, when Congress gathered to assess the costs of Katrina in October 2005, McCain was quick to cut budget spending to accommodate the billions of dollars required for emergency relief efforts...
...both companies were bumper profits from exploration and production units. Those at Shell's climbed 52% to more than $5 billion, and BP's did even better. But given the surging price of a barrel of oil, both businesses must share the plaudits with the markets. A spiraling dollar and jitters over supply have helped drive oil prices up almost a quarter this year, reaching a fresh record of almost $120 on Monday. An end Tuesday to the two-day strike over pensions by refinery workers in Scotland - which had earlier halted much of the North Sea's oil production...