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...good news is that Alan Greenspan, if he?s so inclined, should have absolutely no reservations about cutting short-term interest rates August 21 when the Fed meets again, and his seventh cut of the year should bring the Fed funds rate down another quarter-point notch to 3.5 percent, or - if he wants to scare us - 3.25 percent. The bad news - and this is the least certain, mind you, of the bad news we got this week - is that some folks are starting to make noises about? DEFLATION...
...rapidly expanding company is flying 80% full, vs. an industry average of 68.4%, and it recently booked its seventh straight month of profits, even as major carriers have struggled to stay in the black. From its base in New York City, JetBlue currently flies to 14 destinations, including Oakland, Calif.; Denver; Orlando, Fla.; Seattle; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Last month the company became the most ambitious start-up in U.S. aviation history when it ordered 48 new Airbus 320 jetliners--valued at $2.5 billion--to go with the 68 planes on the way and 15 in service. That...
...Gyorffy placed sixth in an IAAF Golden League meet in Monaco last Friday with a 1.95-meter height—her best of the summer—and then jumped 1.89 meters to place fourth at a Grand Prix meet in London two days later. Taylor most recently placed seventh at a Grand Prix meet in Stockholm with a time of 57.95 seconds, well off of her personal best of 55.46 seconds, which she ran in Zagreb on July...
...Still, the question remains whether the seventh-grader deserved more or less. The judge may have ordered him to get his GED and take anger-management courses in prison, but can Nate be properly rehabilitated growing up inside? How much should he suffer for one fatal mistake? He had been an honor student. He had been mild mannered and likeable, the kind of kid whom teachers and principals relied upon to help settle schoolyard disputes. He loved school, and he loved Barry Grunow...
...adult. Adult inmates can often recall every detail of a crime even years afterward. Someday, Nate is likely to be serving a sentence for a crime that has receded like any childhood memory. Most people, by the time they reach their 40s, would have trouble remembering the names of seventh-grade teachers. Thirty years from now, Nate probably won't remember what Barry Grunow's face looked like. But no doubt he will remember the name...