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...little less money may go to Sears or K-Mart. People who have a bit more disposable income may go to Nordstrom. Macy's shoppers are not likely to be in high end stores like Nieman Marcus or in companies like Wal-Mart who get consumers from the lower end of the income scale...
Teenagers are probably the least likely among us to eat enough fruits and vegetables or to get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals from their diet. And children of lower-income households are at even higher risk of undernourishment, since they may not have access to regular or well-balanced meals...
...been caused directly by an institution like Morgan Stanley, but instead by a perception among traders that the average $1.25 spread between monthly contracts is reasonable. Of course, leasing a tanker is an extreme measure of storage, and the cost of storing at a more traditional location is much lower; the spread remains irregularly high, and opportunity still exists for anyone with access to storage cheaper than a tanker...
...Regulators have long had a lower capital requirement on loans that are not backed by deposits. But in 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) removed rules that capped leverage at 15 to 1 for investment-banking firms like Goldman Sachs. That allowed the firms to vastly expand their lending activities without raising a single new dollar of capital. One big backer of the rule change was reportedly former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who was then Goldman's CEO. By that time, the regulatory separation between investment banks and traditional banks had long since been removed, so traditional banks such...
...learned this week, the stimulus package included a wide variety of programs, not all of them geared toward job creation or immediate economic benefits. But supporters of the Medicaid provision argue that it would have resulted in lower health-care costs and therefore rightfully belonged in the stimulus package as a cost-cutting measure. Whether or not you agree with that argument, numerous studies have shown that investments in preventative care save money in the long run. The Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for abortion rights, estimates that every dollar of publicly funded family-planning services saves $4 in state...