Word: triggered
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Despite Friday's move, currency experts say that the yen could possibly climb to 85, which could trigger direct government intervention to halt the rise. Upon speculation that the lower 80s could be reached within weeks, Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa confirmed Thursday that Japan was prepared to intervene and sell the yen, something the Japanese government has not done since March...
...Most basically, these aliens are not here to give us a last peaceful warning. Their trigger fingers are beyond itchy and they launch a major assault on the world's capitals, a concatenation of been-there, done-that special effects that first deadens the senses and then, mercifully, induces narcolepsy. The aliens don't really give a chance to respond to their warnings. As a matter of fact, since their alternative to our threatening behavior appears to be even more menacing - it consists of swarms of metallic insects gnawing nastily away at any human flesh in its path - it makes...
...whom these children have ties. "Because of their social and peer networks, children have a higher likelihood of sharing information with the most people," says Jay Bernhardt of the CDC. By targeting youngsters on these sites with information about the importance of annual flu shots, health officials hope to trigger a literal and figurative viral wave of vaccination among the kids' peers, their peers' peers, and even those peers' parents and grandparents...
Under the law, companies have to pay taxes on any money they receive in federal aid, just like any other income. But don't worry, corporate America, the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program won't trigger a tax bill. In October, the IRS said it doesn't consider money given by the government to the ailing banks as part of the TARP program financial aid. Call it a financial encouragement to stay in business, but not aid. Tax-Loss Carrybacks...
...corporates still fill an important role in providing liquidity and other sorts of services - like check-processing - to the industry, especially to smaller outfits. Were a corporate credit union to fail, the industry would feel it. No one knows how far the impact would spread, and whether it would trigger the collapse of any retail credit unions. In 1995, Capital Corporate Credit Union, which serviced the White House and Pentagon employee credit unions, failed because of heavy investments in - wait for it - collateralized mortgage obligations. It cost 483 retail credit unions an estimated $25 million...