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Speaking in South Carolina Tuesday, Barkin said reducing the fed-funds rate by 175 basis points over the last year and a half is supporting the labor market.
In earlier probes that formed the basis of the late 1990s settlement, Credit Suisse said it had identified 14 likely Nazi clients.
“I get to do cool things with cool people on a daily basis,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
"This should be a Criminal, not Civil, event," he added, without specifying the basis for criminal action or charges he envisaged could be involved.
From Barron's
The streamers generally pay the MLC and the record distributors on a monthly basis, but songwriters and recording artists are normally paid on either a quarterly or a semiannual basis.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
