| | | | | A long road | | The plan to develop the Lansing City Market site has been a long process involving many meetings, public and otherwise, and many levels of government. | | City Pulse, Wed Aug 20 12:18:05 PDT 2008 | | | | Fannie, Freddie shares dive on bailout fears | | Investors dumped shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , driving them to their lowest levels in more than 18 years on mounting fears of a government bailout that would wipe out the stock value of the two U.S. housing finance giants. | | Reuters via Yahoo! News, Wed Aug 20 12:13:28 PDT 2008 | | | | Fannie and Freddie shares hit 18-year low | | Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dove to their lowest levels in more than 18 years on mounting fears of a government bailout that would wipe out shareholders of the two U.S. housing finance giants. | | Reuters via Yahoo! News, Wed Aug 20 11:57:57 PDT 2008 | | | | Banks' return on equity in decline | | The credit crunch has been a sharp drag on the return on equity, a main gauge of profit at many banks, particularly those in Europe and the United States, since the second half of 2007, and those returns may never recover to precrisis levels. | | International Herald Tribune, Wed Aug 20 10:23:38 PDT 2008 | | | | Study shows toll roads are more fair than taxes | | (PhysOrg.com) -- Popular wisdom may suggest that toll roads are unfair to the poor, but a new joint study by UCLA and USC researchers shows that these pay-as-you-go transportation options may actually be fairer to all income levels than paying for road improvements through sales taxes. | | PhysOrg, Wed Aug 20 12:07:08 PDT 2008 | | | | Schools face enrollment ?bubble? | | BY JENN McDOWELL After just about a year of studying the elementary levels of the Hooksett School District, the School Board?s Long Range Planning Committee came back with the conclusion that the town would need another school in the next 15 to 20 years, according to enrollment projections. They also concluded the district would need to do something to alleviate a projected first-grade ... | | The Hooksett Banner, Wed Aug 20 12:03:29 PDT 2008 | | | | San Angelo-area lake levels, 8/20 | | Today's lake levels for the San Angelo area are as follows: Lake Nasworthy - 8,827 acre-feet. 87 percent capacity. O.C. Fisher Reservoir - 7,140. 6. Twin Buttes Reservoir - 64,877. 35. O.H Ivie Reservoir - 336,000. 61. Spence Reservoir - 63,760. 13. | | The San Angelo Standard-Times, Wed Aug 20 08:03:13 PDT 2008 | | | | Magician's Hand: How Humor And Misdirection Can Manipulate Levels Of Attention | | Two neuroscientists have studied how magicians mix humor into their performances because a laughing audience is unable to pay attention to the magician's hand. The study also determined that there are various levels of misdirection that magicians use to trick an audience. These insights, which were previously unknown to scientists, suggest that humor and misdirection can help manipulate levels ... | | Science Daily, Tue Aug 19 21:20:13 PDT 2008 | | | | College infrastructure deteriorates | | THE United College of Education?s infrastructure has deteriorated to alarming levels and now the institution does not have a proper library as the facility?s ceiling that collapsed early this year has not been repaired. | | The Herald, Wed Aug 20 12:09:40 PDT 2008 | | | | Stocks flat as techs gain, Fannie, Freddie slump | | U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors' fear of a government bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pushed their shares lower, offsetting gains by tech companies on strong results from Hewlett-Packard Co . | | Reuters via Yahoo! News, Wed Aug 20 12:15:40 PDT 2008 | | | | Cape dam levels running high | | Dam levels in the Western Cape are the highest they have been in three years, with three of the six dams providing water to Cape Town overflowing and the remainder about to follow suit. | | Cape Argus, Wed Aug 20 02:40:37 PDT 2008 | | | | Bush Administration Rule on Pollution Struck Down | | A federal appeals court yesterday struck down a Bush administration rule that prevented states and local governments from imposing stricter monitoring of pollution generated by power plants, factories and oil refineries than required by the federal government. | | Washington Post, Wed Aug 20 11:55:15 PDT 2008 | | | | Trace arsenic levels in water linked to diabetes | | Drinking low levels of arsenic from ground water may increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, say U.S. researchers. Minimizing arsenic exposure is advised. | | CBC, Tue Aug 19 15:13:59 PDT 2008 | | | | Bush Defends Surge, Terror War Tactics | | President Bush said the war on terror must be fought with all assets of the United States and not treated primarily as a matter of law enforcement. | | CBS News, Wed Aug 20 12:00:04 PDT 2008 | | | | Bush defends terror war in speech to veterans | | President Bush, nearing the end of two terms dominated by war, said Wednesday his decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq early last year brought security to a now resurgent nation and he criticized those who said his plan was flawed. | | AP via Yahoo! News, Wed Aug 20 10:59:42 PDT 2008 | | | | Gasoline prices fall to lowest levels since May | | A gallon of self-serve regular drops 6.9 cents to an average of $3.740 nationally, while in California the price declines 8.1 cents to an average of $4.037. Gasoline prices have fallen to their lowest levels since May nationwide and in California, the Energy Department said Monday. Among the factors pushing prices down: falling demand and indications that Tropical Storm Fay would steer clear ... | | Los Angeles Times, Mon Aug 18 20:41:31 PDT 2008 | | | | Insight: Is the UK market undervalued | | More UK fund managers, it seems, think their home market is cheap than at any time since the dark days of 2003. And despite that, they are sitting on record levels of cash. Or so the latest Merrill Lynch fund manager survey tells us. | | FT.com via Yahoo! News, Wed Aug 20 07:55:17 PDT 2008 | |
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