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...applicants are given a Texas Index (TI) number, which is based on their undergraduate grade point average (GPA) and their Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) score. An extremely high TI number guarantees acceptance, and an extremely low TI number guarantees rejection, regardless of other factors such as extracurricular activities or quality of the college attended...
Stocks were mixed while bond prices fell on Monday as investors reacted to more news of a robust economy. The National Association of Purchasing Managers reported that its index of manufacturing growth climbed to 58.2 in September, from 56.2 in August. Any reading over 50 shows the economy is expanding. The index now stands at its highest level in six years, as factories strain to keep up with demand. What worries economists the most, however, is that the NAPM's index of the prices manufacturers pay for materials rose to 77.1, also the highest level in six years. That...
...trade talks with Japan. More indications of a strengthening economy continued to pour in. The Commerce Department reported that Americans' personal income rose 0.4 percent, the seventh straight increase, while spending climbed 0.9 percent. That spending increase was the biggest since a 1.3 percent jump last February. The index of Chicago-area purchasing managers -- generally regarded as an early indicator of changes in business conditions -- notched up from 61.6 in August to 63.6 in September. (Any reading over 50 shows the economy is expanding.) On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 11.44 points, to 3843.19, as the stock...
...average individual investor's portfolio rose 2.7 percent in the just-completed third quarter, breaking a six-month losing streak, according to the latest figures from MONEY Magazine's Small Investor Index released on Friday. The third-quarter increase was enough to virtually erase the losses the typical individual investor took during the first two quarters of the year. The biggest gainer during the third quarter was gold, which soared 14.9 percent on fears of higher inflation. Stocks were up 5 percent on average. Bonds eked out an 0.6 percent gain. And yields on money funds and CDs climbed...
...beat the Standard and Poor's 500 stock index by over 8 percent and the TUCS index of large institution funds by 6.7 percent...