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...Because the formula for determining credit scores, which banks use to decide whether to give you a mortgage or any other loan, looks at something called your "utilization ratio," the total amount of credit you use vs. the amount you have available. If you have $25,000 worth of available credit and you put $5,000 on your cards every month, your utilization ratio is a healthy, hey-I'm-living-within-my-means 20%. But cut down that credit line to $10,000 and suddenly your ratio jumps to 50%, making you look pretty overextended...
...little actual power. But it performs a much more public function. Though some of the panel's reports have been less than revelatory, there have been some worthy and newsmaking insights, like the suggestion that for every $100 Paulson spent buying stakes in troubled banks, the government received assets worth only $66. The panel's most recent report, released June 9, concludes that the government's "stress tests" of banks should be repeated under more stringent conditions in the future. (See the top 10 bankruptcies...
...food. I don't really want to cook for a pig, so it's perfect. We were exhausted by the end, but when you're eating your pork chops or your bacon - recently we just cut open the prosciutto which had been hanging for 18 months - it's totally worth...
...course, only to be told that play was canceled. Many shelled out big bucks for opening day. "I waited a year-and-a-half for this and paid $200 for a ticket, and this is what I got," says Joe Pucci, a maintenance worker from Hicksville, N.Y. "Was it worth it?" No, sir. "I'm screwed," he says...
...better off living in a rich country than in a poor one. Though they're home to less than half of the world's vehicles, low- and middle-income countries account for more than 90% of traffic fatalities. But the economic findings are more surprising - and they're worth paying attention to. The WHO offers some intuitive fixes: buckle down on speed limits, reduce drunk driving and tighten seat-belt laws. Others are less obvious - particularly the recommendations that tackle car safety by focusing on pedestrians and "vulnerable road users." More analyses of land use and road design are needed...