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...supply of gold is also a factor in pricing. Many investors holding gold reserves have faced losses in their other assets, which would have led them to sell their gold. Ordinary people, too, have motive to sell their gold jewelry during a recession, which should increase the supply of gold on the open market and impede a price hike...
...People who give investment advice make their living getting other people to gamble their money away. These advisers want people to listen to predictions which could cause them to lose their life's savings. Owning a stock that is up by a factor of three or four times in less than a month is a blessing, perhaps not a celestial one, but it is a sign, at least, that fate has been kind. Even the most fabulously gifted investor in the world could not have predicted that Citigroup shares would rebound so far, so fast...
...largest risk factor for heart failure among this group was chronic kidney disease, a condition that is often triggered by untreated diabetes and obesity. Black adults with chronic kidney disease experienced a stunning 20-fold jump in their risk of heart failure, compared with black adults without kidney disease. "Here we have tangible evidence that heart failure in the young is a real dilemma," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, president-elect of the American Heart Association...
...Furthermore, the cloture/filibuster rule is not something enshrined by centuries of observance. The rule, as practiced currently, is a quite recent invention. Prior to the late ’60s, it was primarily used by Southern senators seeking to block civil-rights legislation. Filibusters were not a factor in enacting the legislative agendas of presidents from Roosevelt through Bush Sr. The filibuster has only entered into wide usage in the last 15 years, beginning in Bill Clinton’s first term, when Republicans filibustered 32 times during the 103rd Congress. That number has grown steadily since, thanks to both...
...women in the IOP.While the IOP now boasts 50 percent female participation in its advisory council, Cox’s experience seems to underlie a continuing double-standard for the way voters regard ambitious female candidates.EVA Z. LAMLam said she did not see her sex as a major factor in her candidacy for the Dems’ top spot, nor has she seen overt sexism as a member of the club.“I didn’t wake up in the morning and say I, Eva Lam, am going to run as the female president of the Harvard...