Word: refugee
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Fixed-income securities—especially those issued by the U.S. government—are a traditional refuge for investors in hard times. Pline specifically pointed to government-backed inflation-protected bonds as an “effective” investment.
All of which begs the question, is it worth the ghost hunt we've been on since September 11? There has not been a credible sighting of Osama bin Laden since he escaped from Tora Bora in October 2001. As for al-Qaeda, there are few signs it's even...
5 | Caribbean FIERCE WEATHER Four storms in as many weeks have battered the Caribbean, spurring repeated mass evacuations and a climbing death toll. In Haiti, where areas of most of the nation's provinces are underwater, the storms have left an estimated 1,000 people dead and millions without food...
A little less than two weeks ago, Republican presidential nominee John McCain shocked the nation by naming Sarah Palin his choice for vice president.Since her selection, the Alaskan governor has dominated news cycles, conversations, and internet searches—Google Trends reveals that “Sarah Palin?...
While the Federal Emergency Management Agency has pledged to eventually pay for some evacuees' temporary housing, many folks cannot afford the up-front-costs of hotels and fuel, much less food. It hasn't helped matters that many of the evacuees encountered overcrowded, dirty makeshift shelters only a week ago...