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...credit crunch had surfaced several months before the stock-market crash, when commercial banks with combined deposits of more than $80 million suspended payments. It reached critical mass in late 1930, when 608 banks failed - among them the Bank of the United States, which accounted for about a third of the total deposits lost. (The failure of merger talks that might have saved the bank was another critical moment in the history of the Depression...
...Only in April 1932, amid heavy political pressure, did the Fed attempt large-scale open-market purchases - its first serious effort to counter the liquidity crisis. Even this did not suffice to avert a final wave of bank failures in late 1932, which precipitated the first state "bank holidays" (temporary statewide closures of all banks...
...their game and helped push the energy in our favor.” The first frame was a hard fought battle between the Crimson (6-7, 1-0 Ivy) and the Wildcats (3-13). Harvard edged out New Hampshire, 26-24, in a match filled with momentum shifts. Late in the set, the Crimson fell behind, 21-19, but was able to fight back and regain the lead, 23-21. The two teams then exchanged points until Harvard came up with the win. “We have been working a lot on keeping the momentum up in practice...
...Rebrand the Bill The word bailout is a deal killer. "People feel the breaks are being given to financial institutions and not to the consumer," says Slovic. He recommends calling it a Consumer Protection Act. It may be too late for this change to have much impact, but any change in language that acknowledges real people would be an improvement...
...Riviera Beach does not keep official numbers on warnings or arrests made for saggy-pants violations (most often, Brown says, police simply tell violators to pull up their pants). It's believed, though, that since strict enforcement began in late August, about a dozen people have been arrested, ranging from juveniles to a 36-year-old man, all of them African Americans. Under the local law, a first conviction garners a $150 fine or community service, a second one a $300 fine, and anyone who fails to pay up or perform their service could spend up to 60 days...