Word: margins
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...West’s margin of victory, while impressive, was nothing out of the ordinary for the Crimson’s own first team All-American, who is undefeated on the year. The two-time All-Ivy selection has thoroughly dominated his opposition, outscoring his six opponents by a combined total...
...shaky fortunes of the ailing U.S. auto industry, appearances could hardly have been more deceiving than they were Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Late in the day, the House of Representatives passed by a wide margin of 237-170 a bill to give General Motors and Chrysler $14 billion in emergency loans from a green modernization fund that Congress created earlier this year. (Ford is in better shape and has not asked for short-term emergency assistance.) But behind the scenes, things looked pretty dire for the Big Three's hopes of a rescue...
...teaching 5,000 undergraduates a year in 1960 to 40,000 a year today. During the same time, Harvard grew from 1,200 to 1,600 a year, despite accumulating billions in private donations. It is hard to argue that those additional funds for Harvard were effective on the margin. Harvard has a vested interest in keeping its student body small, since what it produces is essentially a luxury good in the form of Harvard diplomas. As one commenter on DeLong’s article pointed out, “the rationale for Harvard is not the education of young...
...That means a bank that used to borrow at about 2.5% and lend at 5% now borrows at 2.5% and lends at 4% - an entire percentage point has been stripped from the bank's ability to make money. More than half of all banks saw their net interest margin - a measure of profit - fall in the third quarter compared with a year ago, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "After you pay your stockholders and employees, maintain your capital ratio and fund your growth, it gets pretty tight," says Mike Menzies, president and CEO of Easton Bank & Trust...
...says, as one flailing competitor after another - IndyMac, Washington Mutual, Downey Savings & Loan - has pushed up rates in an attempt to attract deposits and stave off insolvency. "It's frustrating riding into work and hearing about [deposit rates] at 4%," says Andrews. "That's prime rate - there is no margin...