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...tried to take small steps into the riskier stuff. We ended up buying Bank of America again, since that worked out so well for us last year, but a smaller piece. The round-trip hasn't worked well, and we've lost some, but at these prices, if the thing survives, you could easily see a six-times return...
...what to do? The only thing observers agree on is that none of the options are savory. Some economists believe we should stick with the current plan, and continue to buy up preferred shares in bank stocks. But a growing number of economists and industry watchers say we need a new direction. Among the ideas being floated are having the government take over the banks that are in the worst shape, creating a "bad" bank that would buy up the mortgage bonds and other assets, or changing accounting rules to protect banks from future loan losses...
...first thing I will do is take the handcuffs off, get investigations started immediately," Schapiro answered Schumer during her mid-January Senate nomination hearing. She bluntly added, "there will be no sacred cows...
...could bump up enforcement levels, say, 20%, it would make a huge difference," says Bruce Carton, former senior counsel in the SEC's Division of Enforcement, and editor of online securities enforcement publication, Securities Docket. "Tweaking policies won't replace more manpower and training," says Carton. "It's one thing to have more enforcement people on the ground, but they have to be trained to know what to look...
...this is a good thing, right? In a lot of ways, yes. Not all women must go through 13 IVF trials before they succeed, but most women undergo multiple attempts, each of which can cost $5,000. Fischel's procedure runs an extra $2,750 or so - but paying a premium price once is easily cheaper than paying the lower price over and over. What's more, while couples who choose the in vitro route dearly want a child, they don't always want more than one. But the high failure rate of the procedure requires that multiple embryos...