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...does need to be effective. Following the British bailout, the three British banks will now have capital ratios above 9%, by the most important measure, well above international minimum requirements - "a level that should put them on a strong footing for the future," the Treasury reckoned in a statement. Having bet big, the government, for one, will be hoping that stronger future arrives soon...
...American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says it will double its recommended minimum intake of vitamin D for infants, children and teens, from 200 international units...
...London got so big in the first place, and how it's starting to pay the price. Launched in the mid-'90s as part of the London Stock Exchange, this market for small companies deliberately set out to cut the paperwork for listing firms to an absolute minimum. There's no need, say, for bulky official prospectuses before a stock is listed on AIM, and the market is overseen not by official regulators but by brokerage firms called "nomads," which are responsible for the new issues. For years, AIM was a fabulous growth story, attracting more than 2,500 companies...
...children of immigrants, who are forcing their school boards to spend millions of dollars on English-as-a-second-language programs. Were Helms alive today and updating his notorious "white hands" ad, he might blame not African Americans receiving racial preferences but Salvadorans or Somalis working for minimum or below-minimum wage. Since 9/11, these fears have often fused--in not entirely rational ways--with fears of terrorism. Anti-illegal-immigration activists often cite the threat of jihadists creeping across the Rio Grande. Two years ago, when a company from Dubai tried to take over the operation of some...
...legislation follows nearly a year of threats from some lawmakers—notably Republican Senator Charles E. Grassley—to mandate a minimum level of endowment spending, which they say would increase college affordability. The five-percent proposal would extend to colleges and universities the level of endowment spending required of other tax-exempt charities and foundations...