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...This is a fundamental change that has occurred in this recession," says Keith Leggett, a senior economist at the American Bankers Association (ABA). "It will have a lasting effect on who is able to get a mortgage in this country." (See how to plan for retirement...
...More and more customers are relying on their credit cards to pay for gas to get to work," says the ABA's Leggett. "They won't risk losing their card...
...despite the messes in the mortgage market and elsewhere, many remain optimistic that the financial industry in the U.S., unlike, say, auto-manufacturing, will rebound. As troubled large banks have shed employees, a number of smaller firms and international competitors have moved in to snap up workers. And Keith Leggett, chief economist of the American Bankers Association, says new banks are continuing to be formed, even as other fail...
...CCSR was supportive of proposals to either amend or add clauses to corporate equal opportunity policies in order to include protections for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. It voted in favor of proposals at Robert Half International, AmSouth Bancorp, Expeditors International of Washington, and Leggett and Platt to adopt non-discrimination policies. It also opposed proposals to eliminate references to sexual orientation in the non-discrimination policies of Bank of America, Ford Motor, and JP MorganChase...
...microgeneration as inefficient, uneconomical and overly romantic - too small-scale to power industry or to make much of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions. Many want a fresh look at the nuclear option, arguing that it is one of the cleanest ways to produce power. Microgeneration fans disagree. Jeremy Leggett, ceo of Solarcentury, Britain's leading solar photovoltaics company, thinks nuclear power is risky and that a combination of dwindling oil reserves and global warming will eventually propel microgeneration technologies into the mainstream...