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...Last April, credit rating agencies recognized this achievement and gave Brazil’s sovereign debt “investment grade” status. But this was a small reward given the shift the country has experienced since 1994. Brazilian government bonds remain too cheap (currently paying over 500 basis points above the 10-Year Treasury). Charging a sky-high political premium to a country that has had a fiscal revolution, and where Daniel Dantas can be arrested through due process of law, seems to be rather exaggerated. The bonds’ inadequate BBB-rating—barely above speculative...
...date, the research has been mixed but intriguing. The best-studied drugs so far are dexamphetamine, a form of amphetamine contained in the antihyperactivity drug Adderall, and modafinil, the wakefulness drug used to treat narcolepsy and shift-work sleep disorder. Most studies have been small and focused on safety rather than efficacy. Some have found no effect - but because of their size, it's difficult to determine whether that's meaningful...
...said. “The growth of the penal system more broadly has expanded the extent of wrongful conviction and of unwarranted racial disparity.” Western attributed the acceleration of incarceration rates to a “historic collision” of two forces: the shift of the criminal justice system from rehabilitative to punitive and unemployment problems that have arisen in the inner city since the 1960s. But Western placed much of the onus on politicians.“It’s been more of a political process than an economic process in which elected officials...
...union's 240 members voted to stage a sit-in late Friday. Since then, they have split into three teams handling cleaning the factory plant, security, and greeting media and supporters outside the plant. Each sit-in shift roughly follows the plant's old schedule: 6 a.m.-2 p.m., 2 p.m-10 p.m., and 10 p.m.-6 a.m. One of the workers inside the plant was Lalo Munoz, 54, a 34-year employee. "We're going to stay until we get all our money. This isn't fair," he said, before going back in to work his "shift...
...prosecutions and publicity is a case of due process finally starting to work - or a hurried effort designed to tie Obama's hands as he tries to shut the facility. Once they are under way, Obama could find it politically and legally difficult to stop the controversial proceedings or shift them out of Guantánamo. "All this activity, and an expanding list of trials that cannot possibly conclude before the next President takes office, is irresponsible," says Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and member of both the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees. Saying he has conferred with but does...