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...latter group can often rely on the French state to check official records to prove their citizenship, people born in former French colonies to naturalized immigrant parents or to French families abroad are being subjected to a paper chase that often leads to dead ends. Many fear they may lose their French nationality altogether. (See pictures of the French cracking down on migrants...
...millions of lives, it would also free up many countries from the crushing costs of dealing with the disease - costs that make economic growth impossible. The American economy, when it is not in recession, has typically grown about 3% per year since the 1970s. Countries with malaria, by contrast, lose 1.3% of that potential growth - nearly half - just to the consequences of the disease, according to a study by leading global economist Jeffrey Sachs. "It's like a huge tax on economic growth," says Hall...
...just over $30 in December 2008. But Jetstar Pacific wasn't alone in its fuel-hedging bets; other regional airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Singapore airlines also reported losses from similar transactions. Airlines use fuel futures to ensure a predictable fuel price, but they can lose big if the price of oil plummets as it did at the end of 2008. The CEO of Qantas, Alan Joyce, told reporters last week that Freeman and Marsilli did nothing wrong. The fuel hedging, Joyce said, was part of the "normal course of business practice...
Although pawn loans are far pricier than credit-card and bank loans, they also are faster, don't require complicated paperwork and don't affect one's personal credit. Since the loan is backed by merchandise, if the loan isn't repaid, the person simply loses the pawned item - "whereas with other types of loans, I could lose my house or car," says Henry Coffey, a senior analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach...
While walking away from the poker table can be easy, walking away from life - and all the risks and rewards it presents you - is not an option. But in both venues, the rule should be the same: gamble only what you can afford to lose - and know when you're approaching those stakes...