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Conversely, short-term cash instruments haven't looked this good in years. Simple, safe money-market funds now yield a healthy 5%--not bad in an uncertain environment in which Treasury bonds yield just a tad more and corporate profits are likely to downshift from double-digit growth to the 6%-to-8% range. For the past few months, money funds have had the best returns of the major asset classes. It used to be tough to find much more than a 1% money-fund yield."Having liquidity and getting 5% are a big deal," says Peter Crane, president...
...rural Pacific town of El Pumpo, where cattle grazing was profitable until the same plots of land became divided amongst increasing numbers of children. The next generation of Guatemalans in this town only has three viable ways to live: working in Guatemala City under dreadful conditions, taking the long, uncertain trip to the United States, or getting involved in the perilous drug trade. How’s that for opportunity? Good luck at keeping them on the other side of the Mexican border.With the help of my father, I applied advanced aquaculture technology to three ponds, one in each...
...than blaming only military authorities at Guantanamo for the seizure, the filing takes aim at the Justice Department as well, arguing that DOJ's "failure to disclose the seizure... suggests that the Department was a full partner [in] the massive breach of the attorney-client privilege." Though it is uncertain how a federal court might rule on such a motion, in the past judges have upheld the right of Guantanamo prisoners to meet with lawyers, and have taken steps to design the procedures under which that should happen, including preservation of the attorney-client privilege...
...Both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Peretz have been peppering their public statements with calls for resolve, patience and courage in the coming, uncertain days. Speculation about wide-ranging ground operations and the duration of the war fill local newspapers. On Thursday, IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz implied that what's commonly called a two-front war in Lebanon and Gaza could be seen as a three-front war - including the West Bank, which many Israelis call Judea and Samaria - and could last a while: "The fighting in the north was added to the fighting in Judea, Samaria...
Assistant Dean of the College Jay Ellison wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson Saturday that “the situation [in Lebanon] is very uncertain and we believe that it is best if students leave the country in as quick and safe a manner as possible...