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...latest way for the government to decide what it should do with troubled banks is to put them though what it calls a "stress test". The criteria that will be used, among others, is how a bank will do if unemployment rises to 10% and housing prices drop another 25%. Those conducting the tests don't think the economy will get that bad, but they plan to set the bar as high as possible...
...scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being a bank in perfect condition, Citigroup may end up with a 2 on its stress test. The government will require it to take more taxpayer capital and the firm may then have ample reserves. Wells Fargo (WFC) could achieve a grade of 8 and then not need to take any financial support from the Treasury. Wells Fargo's shareholders then benefit because their shares are not diluted...
...part of the New Leaf's structured fitness system. Joel Ramirez, BreakAway's founder, put me on a stationary bike and placed an oxygen mask over my face. The mask was connected to a computer that measured my oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide output during a 20-min. stress test. With those data, plus my weight, height, age and gender, the computer created a report on my current health--including the ideal fat-burning and carbohydrate-burning heart-rate zones for me. Then the New Leaf system generated an eight-week daily fitness plan and uploaded it to New Leaf...
...volunteer in their community or serve their country. "By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world," he said. "Tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training." (Read "Under Financial Stress, More Colleges Cap Enrollments...
...problem though: While I applaud the group for diving straight into the thick of Harvard stress, is it at all possible to de-stress when, as soon as you open your eyes, you’re confronted by some poor freshman passed out on his textbook?...