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...much better at all, according to fine print of Dee's study. On a simple 100-point reading test or math test, this "teacher gender effect" might alter a boy's score by one or two percentage points. Hardly the difference between...
Those who run Wyoming tread a fine line, reveling in the boom's economic boost to the state but mindful of the growing unrest among residents. State politicians helped landowners win a key battle last year when they passed a law that in essence stripped mineral-rights owners of their historically dominant status. Before the law, nothing forbade energy companies to drill and produce on land without so much as notifying or paying damages to its surface owner. But even that measure of protection is at risk in a political scuffle between Wyoming and federal authorities. In a letter...
...that's just fine by quants. "What we're really trying to do is deliver a consistent value added," says Joel Dickson, who runs quant investing at Vanguard. Translation: Slow and steady--and a little nerdy--wins the race...
...cars, subways or buses if there weren't insurance. Buildings wouldn't stand. There wouldn't be any food, waiters or restaurants. It'd be great if more people recognized that what insurance companies do is really underwrite the great American Dream. The industry will be just fine. But much better preparedness and a much better way of dealing with these catastrophic events would go a huge way toward not just improving the image of the industry but making people feel like they are ready when these events occur...
...comes at you through aging pipes. Bury waste and toxins in landfills, and they seep into groundwater. Mercury, at least, we thought we understood. For all its toxic power, as long as we avoided certain kinds of fish in which contamination levels were particularly high, we'd be fine. And not even everyone had to be careful, just children and women of childbearing...