Word: hand
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...series of studies have made it clear that if the Big One or even a Pretty Big One strikes, Florida is going to have very serious problems. The state-run insurance firm and the Catastrophe Fund have just a few billion dollars on hand, so a major storm would force both entities to float massive bond issues in an unfavorable market, and to make up their shortfalls through gigantic assessments on policyholders. A House committee recently warned that the state would have "extreme difficulty paying its obligations" after a 100-year storm, and that premiums on nearly every property...
...more than is warranted by economic fundamentals. This may sound obvious, but it was for a time heresy among finance scholars, who believed markets were paragons of informed rationality. Since then, the academic consensus has shifted in Shiller's direction. But identifying exactly when prices have gotten out of hand isn't easy...
...company with the most dubious of pasts into a company with the brightest of futures illuminates our can't-live-with-it, can't-live-without-it relationship to oil. The future well-being of the planet depends on our reduction of fossil-fuel emissions. On the other hand, the future well-being of much of humanity depends on our continued use of fossil fuels. The way companies like Sasol negotiate this dilemma will help determine the future...
...would require textbook publishers to provide pricing information to professors, to help them decide which books to select for their courses. There are also e-books - digital texts available on the Internet either for free or a small price - not to mention book rental services and good old-fashioned hand-me-downs...
...when Dominique Rossi, a respected police officer posted to Corsica as the island's senior security official was disciplined for not acting upon intelligence information ahead of the house invasion, the hand wringing began. Critics allege that Sarkozy himself intervened on his friend's behalf...