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...they charge to lend. The net interest margin is partly a product of interest rates: banks borrow short term and lend long term, so when long-term interest rates drop below short-term rates (as happened three times in the past 15 years), margins are squeezed. But another big factor has been the rise of nonbank competitors. The barely regulated shadow-banking system of securitization, investment banks and hedge funds took lots of business away from banks. Banks responded by relying more on fee income to pay the bills, getting in on shadow banking themselves and offering easier terms...
...feeling that somehow student activities and general welfare outside of coursework is a little bit lacking,” said Zogran. “So being architects and urban designers, we tend to look at the structure of the physical environment to see if that is a contributing factor...
...Weissbourd’s broken finger and Nathan’s sprained ankle won’t keep them out of tonight’s showdown, but the ailments will certainly play a factor...
...junior Kenneth Stambaugh gave the first set to the home team.“I think that they serve the ball really well,” Nathan said. “As a unit, we didn’t pass particularly well, so that definitely was a contributing factor.”While struggles to pass and establish an offensive presence would prove to be the Achilles’ heel for Harvard throughout the game, it was the superb serving from Rutgers-Newark that would be the story of the day. In just three sets, the Pioneers racked...
...reflected somewhere in the city’s money.”Cambridge officials are currently working on the city budget for fiscal year 2010, which will soon be presented to the City Council. However, Seidel said that the budget will probably need to be revised in order to factor in these new local aid cuts.City Spokesperson Ini Tomeu said that there have not yet been meetings about Wednesday’s House budget, but that budget hearings will take place soon.Beside cutting local aid, the state budget will impact a wide range of state programs and services. The budget...