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...time that it is paying commissioners up to $150,000 per year. For example, Rell wants to cut $1.4 million in subsidies for a LIFE STAR helicopter at Hartford Hospital. She could pay for this item with money saved by closing commissions. Then, Democrats could say they cut the fat before reaching into taxpayers’ pockets. Besides, most people would take a helicopter over a lobbyist...
...That strategy is to stay focused on core banking operations. While bank chiefs in the U.S. and Europe gorged on high-risk subprime lending and complex mortgage-backed securities in a quest for fat returns, Sands avoided toxic assets that got its competitors into trouble. Sands became even more cautious as the U.S. housing bubble began unraveling in 2007. Some risky borrowers - such as low-margin Asian exporters, which have been hit hard by the collapse of U.S. consumer spending - were asked to cough up more collateral when renegotiating loans, while other marginal customers were denied further credit. To strengthen...
...industry backed the Senate's on-the-menu provision in an effort to pre-empt a patchwork of state and local statutes (13 have passed, and 30 or so more have been introduced). Such legislation would prevent a municipality from requiring both calories and, say, saturated fat to be tallied on menus. (The fried macaroni and cheese at the Cheesecake Factory has a staggering 69 grams of saturated fat - more than you should eat in 3˝ days.) (See how many calories are in the McDonald's Chocolate Triple Thick Shake...
...editor at a Manhattan publishing company who's so hard, you could skate on her. Margaret routinely humiliates all her co-workers, especially her male assistant, Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), who stays in the awful job because he wants to be promoted to an editor's job. Fat chance. But now Margaret, a Canadian, is threatened with deportation unless she gets married to a U.S. citizen ... say, her male assistant. Strictly business: quick wedding, quicker divorce, promotion accomplished. Deal...
...Square. Already the gathering is huge. Citizens have arrived early, not the customary one to two hours behind schedule, "Iranian time" as its known. The weather has returned to normal this week. It is hot, made worse by the darkness of our clothing. Every day by early evening, however, fat and full clouds dominated the sky, forcing the sun to set through gray and imminent rain...