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...trick of the real estate trade is price-rent ratio, sort of the property equivalent of a stock's price-earnings ratio. What it's saying lately is encouraging, though not downright bullish...
...actuarial value of the assets in the pension fund was $766 million, giving Cambridge’s pension plan a funded ratio of 91.96 percent—just above the 90 percent ratio that many experts say is financially responsible. By comparison, Boston’s funded ratio in 2006 was only 64.40 percent, or well below the 80 percent that is generally considered “at-risk...
...Laura Bickford, who produced Che with Del Toro, says that the first part (shot in the 2.35:1 scope ratio) is "more of an action film with big battle scenes," and the second part (shot in standard 1.85:1 wide-screen) is "more of a thriller." Actually, neither tag truly applies. Though Part 1 begins by hopscotching from 1955, when Castro and Guevara meet, to later scenes in Havana and New York, the film is far less interested in explaining Guevara's political importance than in showing how he operated in the two big campaigns; its mantra is process...
...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 in Easton, Md. (See pictures of the recession...
...their sluggish response to changing consumer tastes, but it didn't matter much in fat years - and British retailers have enjoyed some very fat years. In June, government figures showed that free-spending British families had racked up debts equivalent to 173% of their incomes, by far the highest ratio of debt to income among G7 nations. That's one reason why the IMF has predicted a sharper contraction in Britain than in other advanced economies...