Word: haven
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...those of you who haven't taken American History in a while, Glass-Steagall was a law made after the Depression that mandated the separation of commercial, investment and insurance banking. In short, it meant that Joe Public had to go to three separate places to get a loan, invest in the stock market and buy insurance, rather than do all of his banking under the same roof. Visiting three different financial institutions is not an inconvenience to your run-of-the-mill investor. The vast majority of people use banks for modest loans, mortgages and various kinds of insurance...
Staff pay $12 per week in union dues, and every House unit in the HUDS system has a shop steward. But some HUDS staff say they haven't heard from their union representative in over a year...
...They play with three backs, and we haven't had many chances against teams with that style," Guarino said. "We were just trying to work around their system with a quick counter-attack--and I was just lucky that it went...
...Nirvana, Snoop Dogg--often clean up their acts to play Wal-Mart. But even that kind of screen isn't enough for parents such as Clarke, who hold Wal-Mart accountable for everything that ends up on the shelves: "They tout a policy that their stores are a safe haven, but they didn't honor...
...earlier this year by striking a quiet deal with the Federal Trade Commission in which it agreed to share more information about its processors with other companies. But despite a few stabs at working it out--including a round of quiet talks during the trial--Microsoft and Justice haven't been able to get started. The sharpness of last week's ruling could force both parties to dig in their heels...