Word: lowness
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...protect ourselves from the risks eating us alive, which can happen when the risks are concentrated in just a few banks. Breakups would distribute risk over a greater number of players and would probably be good for the banks as well. Most financial firms are trading at very low multiples these days because of their inherent trading and balance-sheet risks. Most investors just can't understand them. They are too much like black boxes. Once you lessen the risk, the value of the strong underlying banking franchises ought to be more visible and appreciated. (See TIME's 2009 Person...
...When you consider we transport 1.2 million people a day on our system, the number of crimes that occur on our system is incredibly low,” said Joseph O’Connor, deputy chief of the MBTA Transit Police...
...President also called for a bill that “will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to banks for student loans,” proposing instead a $10,000 tax credit for families paying for college and increased funding for Pell Grants to assist low-income students...
...Harvard graduate might have a choice between doing something in public service and investment banking on Wall Street... For people from a low income background, while public service might correlate better with their values, they might not be able to,” he said...
...Podium's slogan: "Look out, we're going to 'OWN' you." It's a line better fit for some guy from New Jersey, not Newfoundland. "I mean, you know we didn't say on the podium," says Jackson, an avuncular guy who is clearly enjoying this famously low-key nation's take-no-prisoners approach. "We said own the podium. We're getting a little cocky here." (See pictures of Olympic athletes' tattoos...