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...coincidences; and the viewer starts playing a game that's dangerous for any adult thriller: What Are the Odds? Told she must wait a month to buy a gun, Erica just happens to meet a guy who'll sell her a hot 9mm. pistol for $1,000 in cash, which she just happens to be carrying. (What are the odds?) Browsing in a convenience store, she Just Happens to witness an armed robbery; she kills the perp with the gun she JUST HAPPENS to be carrying. (What Are the Odds?) Next she's riding the subway, where...
...backed instruments vastly underestimated actual delinquencies, many of these investors found themselves with unexpected losses. Concern about just how far these losses extend - and whether major financial institutions are at risk - has caused global stock and bond markets to tremble in recent weeks as investors sold assets to raise cash. This presents a particularly thorny problem for policymakers. Central banks have used special injections of liquidity to prevent key interbank credit lines from seizing up. But the U.S. Federal Reserve has few levers to pull when it comes to the non-bank sector that is at the epicenter...
...sellers are sweetening the deal. Paying closing costs is common, as is ponying up cash for expenses like condo fees and renovations. If you fix the place up before you sell, stick to the kitchen and bathrooms, since renos in those rooms (along with new siding and windows) return the most, says a survey in Remodeling...
...does he matter? He has turned into major trouble for Hillary Clinton's campaign, which fears the revival of Clinton scandal fatigue. After all, even if people don't remember Travelgate, they probably recall the Lincoln Bedroom theme from the Clinton Administration: a reckless pursuit of political cash that led to shady Talented Mr. Ripley types turning up as major donors. Hsu fits the model: he came out of nowhere just a few years ago and quickly became a Democratic fund-raising hotshot, attaining the status of a "HillRaiser," which is how the top financial "bundlers" for the Democratic front...
...article in question, a 14-page story entitled "The Family Firm" (the cover line read "Suharto Inc.,") showed how Suharto and his children built up a fortune estimated at $15 billion in "cash, shares, corporate assets, real estate, jewelry and fine art," amid a climate of corruption, collusion and nepotism...