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...since the beginning of the year. By market close on Oct. 7, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped by 27.5%; the FTSEurofirst 300 Index of European shares was down 32.5% over the same period. The pattern continues. As go U.S. shares, so go Europe's, but faster and harder on the downswing - and more slowly on the way back...
...your currency is that you can borrow easily: that's why the U.S. government and U.S. companies have long been able to borrow cheaply and why mortgage rates in the U.S. have historically been low. If the dollar has to share top billing with other currencies, it will be harder for the U.S. to finance a profligate lifestyle and run big deficits, as the nation currently does. Expect mortgage rates to shoot up and your overseas vacation to get a lot more expensive. In the past, Snower says, "the U.S. could live off the fat of the rest...
...aggregate scores are still low because the student population in Cambridge has a higher proportion of these subgroups, she said. Fowler-Finn and MacDonald stressed the importance of factoring in the difficulty of the tests when interpreting the results. They both said that the MCAS is harder than the standardized tests used by most other states. Fowler-Finn also pointed out that 75 percent of the city’s middle schools are on the No Child Left Behind watch list, while far fewer high schools or elementary school are included. He said this may suggest that the problem...
...candidates are set to debate a few times before Election Day, and the negativity will surely be on display. Kryzan is used to the harsh tone from the primary season, but this time she faces a well-financed opponent gunning squarely for her, and she may have a harder time staying above the fray...
...Maybe so; Brown cuts a convincing figure abroad. But he finds it harder back home to win over doubters to a plan that could cost British taxpayers dearly, though he promises they may eventually earn dividends from the investments backed with their own money. Yet the crisis has had a bracing effect. A recent mutiny against his leadership in Labour ranks evaporated after a bold Cabinet reshuffle, and rebels shrank back from a coup attempt at such a tense time. "Who would have dreamed that a financial crisis would have given Labour a lifeline?" former Home Secretary David Blunkett wondered...