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...interest rate, on these loans makes the bank prime look like a fire-sale bargain: $300 on $1,000 borrowed for 13 weeks, or 120% a year; $150 a week on a $5,000 loan, or 156% a year. The loan sharks are sophisticated operators who keep close tab on the legitimate money markets and often cite the latest jump in the bank prime or in bond-market rates in order to convince reluctant customers that they cannot get credit elsewhere. The loan sharks will take on poor risks; but if a customer falls behind in his payments, he faces...
...questions were asked, particularly after Eisenhauer shelled out what he claims was $2,500 for landing fees, parking bills and other charges against the plane. Intriguingly, Panamanian officials say the tab was only...
...Northeast have had to rent cars from local commuter railroads to help handle the crush. Amtrak's losses swelled to $158 million last year, $11 million more than in 1972, despite a 24% gain in revenues, to $202 million. Congress is picking up nearly all of the tab through a $154 million subsidy, and Amtrak officials are expected to ask for even more money for the fiscal year that starts in July...
...mother Dolly, Frank sauntered through a variety of old favorites, from Come Fly with Me to My Way. For the one-week engagement, Sinatra's pay is reported to be more than $200,000, with patrons paying an imperial $30 each for the evening. It was the highest tab ever in Vegas...
...expensive room, a player takes you to a top restaurant and fixes you up with a couple of girls. It's really nice." Students who travel to Las Vegas for a look at the University of Nevada are put up at a Strip hotel, given a tab for meals, and sometimes receive limited gambling money...