Word: sweated
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...these tactics have achieved results in many places--for instance, the University of Wisconsin's president approved what some call the most stringent sweat-shop controls in the country after a 97-hour student...
Activism. After hitting rock-bottom in returning grapes to the dining halls and rejecting a "political" role for the Undergraduate Council, the student body seems to be reawakening to the need for activism. The living wage movement has real momentum, Harvard has begun to listen on sweat-shop reform and progressives are making noise again on the council, despite the backward vote on the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Verdict: Better...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataThe overall outcome? Don't sweat it, folks. "Once they digest this news, the markets will go right back up," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "What they'll realize is that only once in recent memory did the Fed actually raise rates following a bias shift in that direction." Of course, this walk-on-water economy of ours hasn't given Greenspan cause to raise rates in quite a while either; the fear is that that could change. Baumohl says Greenspan, as always, will wait and see. "Those price numbers were just the whiff...
Freshman Erica Levy, The Crimson's ace, once again mowed down the opposition with disgusting ease. She barely broke a sweat on the day, especially after the game was called after two-and-a half innings...
With rates near historic lows and jumbo rates relatively low compared to conventional mortgage rates, there's little reason to sweat this issue at the moment. Go for the jumbo if you can afford it. If you're just over the breakpoint, you could make a larger down payment to reduce your loan amount. But that money might be better spent in a stock fund. Another option is a piggyback structure, where you borrow just under the jumbo limit and take a second loan for the rest. That second mortgage comes at a hefty premium--maybe a couple of percentage...