We came in at 6 p.m., stayed for 15 minutes and headed out to dinner, so the question is if someone was infected and breathed heavily in our room until 11 a.m., how dangerous would it be to be there at 6 p.m. I honestly don’t know the answer. I’m betting the risk is r...
"Now that average is around 24%, give or take. And while the increase in the average isn't exactly the same as the increase in the federal funds rate, it's pretty darn close." Credit cards typically have variable rates, with the APR equal to the prime rate plus the APR margin. ...
in the 2010 Euro Crisis. Since the PEPP is not permanent, this is where we are today. What tomorrow brings will be decided by the European policy makers at both supranational and national level and by the Europeans, who get to vote on some of these issues and determine who is in charge...
Currently, the proportion of private enterprises to the total number of enterprises in the province is about 90%, and the proportion of non-public economy added value to the province’s GDP, tax contribution rate, export contribution rate, and employment contribution rate are 70%, 60%, 80%,...
The largest 100 banks have a delinquency rate of just 2.56%, which remains low by historical standards, and is just a small fraction of the peak delinquency rate during the Financial Crisis. They can offer the most sophisticated incentives and marketing to attract the prime-rated customers. Over...
Today, “[t]he notion that corporation[s] have this social responsibility is becoming increasingly widespread.”Jean Jacques du Plessis et al., Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance345 (2005);See alsoCommunication from the Commission, Concerning Corporate Social Responsibility: A Business Contri...
The U.S. stock market, which has shown great resilience this year despite mounting fears, is starting to buckle under the weight of the financial fallout caused by the housing bust and mortgage meltdown http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2007-07-26-mart_N.htm The record gains for th...
The soothingly low mortgage delinquency rate is a deceptive indicator: the New York Fed weighs in. Mortgage delinquencies at all commercial banks in the US inched down to 3.14% in the second quarter, the lowest since Q2 2007, according to theFederal Reserve. But after those soothingly low de...
SCOTUS SETUP —The Supreme Court today is expected to dive in to the chaos and violence of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for the first time “when it hears arguments in a case that could upend hundreds of convictions — and potentially undermine some pending criminal charges against” Tr...
6. SYRIA LATEST:Secretary of StateANTONY BLINKENis in Jordan today to meet with Arab leaders “to discuss how to assist a political transition in Syria, nearly a week after rebels toppled the dictatorship ofBASHAR AL-ASSAD,”NYT’s Matthew Mpoke Bigg reports. “Mr. Blinken was expected to...