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...sum total of the value of all of the office buildings, monuments, military hardware, and laboratories that the federal government owns must stretch well into the hundreds of billions of dollars. What billionaire would not want to own the U.S. embassy in London? (Read a TIME story on the U.S. embassy...
...take a moment to review how AIG made money and why it's now losing so much. Most of AIG's losses have been attributed to its failing positions in credit-default swaps (CDSs). Essentially, AIG is swapping cash flows with other institutions: those banks pay AIG a small sum on a regular basis, and then under certain conditions - like mass foreclosure or corporations' defaulting on their loans - AIG pays out a large sum. In other words, AIG sold insurance; its problem is that it is paying out too much...
Dunster House Co-representative and finance committee member Mohindra Rupram ’10 said that the $200 sum amounted to only about three cents per student and the controversy was largely unwarranted...
Slumdog director Boyle and the film's producer, Christian Colson, have said that resources will be made available to pay for Rubiana's and Azhar's education until they turn 18. A "substantial lump sum" as well as housing will also be given to the children when they complete their studies. The producers have also arranged for a rickshaw to take the children to a nonprofit English-language school, Asheema, for the next eight years, just to make sure they attend. Already there are signs of new affluence in the kids' slum dwellings. Rubiana's house was reportedly fitted with...
...other programs. On Friday, President Obama announced that Massachusetts will receive $40.7 million for law enforcement assistance and crime prevention programs, including $246,068 for the City of Cambridge. According to Patrick’s Web site, the federal stimulus money will not be distributed as a lump sum. Some of the money will be directed through existing state or municipality programs, while other funds will flow directly to individuals, families, and businesses in the form of tax cuts and credits. But Wolf—who said that she is anxious about funding for essential services like education and healthcare?...