Word: perring
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...business weekly L'Expansion. Another recent study, by the Hay group, found that average annual pay for French CEOs now tops the scale in Europe at $8.4 million; that's half of the U.S. average, but well ahead of British company heads, who get an average of $7 million per year...
...from 1974 - the year after Roe v. Wade deemed abortion a "fundamental right" - through 2004. The total number of abortions has dropped over the last two decades, from nearly 1.6 million in 1984 to 1.2 million in 2004. The abortion rate hit its peak in 1980 at 29 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44; in 2004, that number had dropped to 20 per 1,000 women...
...Women who choose abortion are more likely to be in their 20s or 30s than in their teens or 40s; they're more likely to have children already; and they're also more likely to be black or Hispanic than white. The abortion rates in 2004 were 50 abortions per 1,000 black women and 28 abortions per 1,000 Hispanic women, compared with 11 out of every 1,000 white women...
...Princeton, which had issued $200 million worth of variable-rate bonds, has seen interest rates on some of its bonds quadruple in the past week, according to Bloomberg News. Princeton’s Controller Kenneth Molinaro told the News that the increase is costing the school about $8,000 per day. With nearly eight times as many variable-rate bonds issued, Harvard could potentially be losing significantly more. The rate increases at Princeton can be partially attributed to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that underwrote the bonds issued by the New Jersey university. Harvard refused to disclose...
HoCos are eligible for two grants of up to $1,250 each from the fund--averaging to one formal per semester. HoCos have been paying for the formals from their budget, which includes approximately $9,000 in yearly funding from the UC, in addition to occasional money from Houses. Money from the Student Life Fund may be used for alcohol for house formals if HoCos use an age-verification procedure such as a Beverage Authorization Team...