Word: payment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think Harvard students are smart enough to understand 20 percent interest and the fact that if you're going to make the minimum payment, you're going to be paying for a long time," he jokes...
That has the market spooked too. Foreigners have been taking the dollars they get as payment for goods and services and investing them in U.S. stocks and bonds. If the dollar continues to droop, they may be tempted to move their cash to currencies on the upswing, like the euro and, especially, the yen. That would drive the U.S. market lower. The more apocalyptic bears fear something worse. Because foreigners hold almost 40% of U.S. Treasury securities, any pullout would risk a spike in interest rates that would ultimately slaughter the bull market...
Everybody gets together for dinner two or three times a month, and all gather to celebrate the children's birthdays. This year Charlene helped Rick and Jean with the down payment for their $230,000, five-bedroom brick home in suburban Dallas. Understanding the needs and changing tastes of each child is one of the secrets of good grandparenting. Joe and Charlene, who enjoy surprising the kids with gifts, consider each child's interests and age, choosing just the right miniature car or Beanie Baby. Bridging the generation divide, Charlene offered advice about poodle skirts and other teen fashions from...
...sense, the proposal's only virtue is its biggest liability: it doesn't reduce the tax credit, but only delays the payment until next year--the problem of being over budget still isn't solved. Regardless of the problems it will cause for next year's budget, the proposal also has the immediate disadvantage of forcing the working poor to wait months for tax refunds that they have earned. The money from the EITC is often used to pay down debts or saved to generate interest, and to the working poor, if not to the government, a delay does mean...
...Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan, who took over the position in January. Since Grogan's appointment, Harvard has spun into high gear over the past year to improve strained relations with its community, including the University's re-negotiation in August of the payment in lieu of taxes it pays to Boston...