As the investigation continued, it came to light that incorrect bookkeeping might be the cause of the missing money. ... These deals that Corzine believed would ultimately save the company proved to be its downfall. ... Interactive Brokers temporarily announced that they would save the day in a deal very similar to the course Barclays of Britain did for Lehman Brothers. ... They said that it was common for money to be temporarily missing in bankruptcy cases, but not in the magnitude of MF Global's case. An internal worker said the money was "stuck in the system" because banks did not ...

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Verdant talks about the Ables family and the Binges family, and how their various ways to consume, save and spend money, set them apart one from another. ... The Ables is a family that spends carefully, they make sure of what they need before they buy, they also do research of what they are going to buy, looking for alternatives ways to get it, to save money. Their spends behaviors make them safe money in every little economic action, like for example they prefer to pay with cash or check saving the 1.5% to 4% percentage fee that they may spend if they pay with the credit card. Other customs o...

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Some people argue that solar power costs outrageous amounts of money, but it can save Americans who go solar anywhere from $20,000 to $65,000 (Advantages & Disadvantages). Yes, a solar panel system can cost around $7,000 but installing them can save Americans money. ... Also, solar power can save society billions or trillions of dollars by decreasing global warming. ... Although the technology needed to produce the energy costs money, the sun will always be free. America should designate a portion of money to invest in solar power because it is the most reliable. ...

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It is a program made to protect and save many of the greatest places on Earth. ... The Nature Conservancy deals with issues to try and preserve and save some of the Last Great Places on Earth including places like Davis Mountain, TX, Emiquon, Illinos, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Mount Hamilton, CA, Palmyra, Atoll, and San Luis Valley, CO. ... In this program, which is the largest conservation campaign ever to take place, the Nature Conservancy invested $1.25 billion to save 200 of the Last Great Places on Earth and develops a detailed vision that identifies and protects the most precious ec...

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Since it's tough for Martha's family to meet the expense to pay for her education due to their inflexible finances, Martha has been working to save money towards her college education to advance her future majoring in business, to become a businesswoman. ... She has no indication on how to devote the money but is contemplating in buying a used car, or moving into her own apartment near campus, maybe even vacation to Hawaii since she has fantasized about the trip, and her last option is saving the money in a high interest money market fund. ... Investing money in a high interest money...

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People were unemployed, lacking money to fulfill simple needs. ... This lead to an increase in income and spending money for laborers; therefore, stimulating economic recovery. ... These enactments under the New Deal unquestionably saved the American economy. ... Although the economy did not recover to the same extent of the "Roaring 20's," it was enough to save the economy from utter devastation. ...

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The variable expenses are an area where the manager should explore avenues to save money. ... A good way to be flexible in the family's expenses is to save a small amount of money for emergency purposed, have a set amount of money for any expenses the family has such as food, water/power, and education. Then the family should have money for luxury expenses and free spending. ... The family should have the list for every money being spent from the daily current account. ... For a family, which is earning a lot of money, they can do without having such list. ...

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Monetary policy is managing the economy by controlling the money supply and interest rates. ... The core of monetarism is the idea that prices, income, and economic stability are primarily a function of growth in the money supply. Fed tries to stabilize economy by controlling the quantity of money that is made available in the economy, so-called money supply. Fed has several tools to regulate the money supply, purchase and sale of government bonds, open-market sale of bonds, and so forth. ... Since the fiscal policy and monetary policy differs each other, the economic policy should be wel...

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Remote education such as distance learning or online courses helps save both the professor and students' money and time from traveling to a college campus. ... People in these occupations could have saved a lot of money if they had bypassed college and directly entered the workforce from high school. ... An unprepared student would be wasting time and money in a place where he or she would ultimately fail. ... In this case, not going to college would save money, time, and would give an early start for a career. ... I propose that for many students that saving money by not attending coll...

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Here capital refers to money that people invest in a business, yet capital can be money invested in the stock market or capital can simply be a physical investment in a plant, factory, and the forklifts. ... Investors are rewarded with this gain for taking the risk of investing their money. ... Seventy-seven percent of all taxpayers that make 75,000 a year or less, hold capital assets; the tax cut would save these middle class tax payers hard earned dollars and encourage them to invest more. ... The majority of middle class taxpayers that claim capital assets will save their hard earned mo...

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Besides, boosting the expenditure of the government injects money into the economy and this translates into increased aggregate demand. ... Through low rate, the cost of borrowing is reduced; mortgage interest rates are also reduced and this does not just boost the levels of disposable income amongst the people; it also reduces the incentive to save (Ferran et al., 2012). ... Granted, these corporations are not to blame because their primary objective in business is to make a profit and putting their money in an economy where the risk of losing it is high would be self-defeating (Ferran et al....

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For major trans national corporations sustainability is loss of profit because much more money can be made by tearing down the forest as fast as possible. ... He was jailed and fined and threatened, but nothing could deter him from his mission to save his beloved jungle. ... It marked a turning point in the fight to save the Amazon. A human face could be connected to the cause: money and support from all over the world poured in to help complete Mendes' work. ... McDonald's, for all the good it does in society (giving people jobs, low-cost food, charity work) is a corporation in the ...

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Besides, boosting the expenditure of the government injects money into the economy and this translates into increased aggregate demand. ... Through low rate, the cost of borrowing is reduced; mortgage interest rates are also reduced and this does not just boost the levels of disposable income amongst the people; it also reduces the incentive to save (Ferran et al., 2012). ... Granted, these corporations are not to blame because their primary objective in business is to make a profit and putting their money in an economy where the risk of losing it is high would be self-defeating (Ferran et al....

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While many may think that life imprisonment is the correct alternative option, I think utilitarianism would also view it as a lesser option because the costs saved from housing and feeding a criminal can be spent on things such as food or healthcare that will benefit members of society and increase overall pleasure. There is so much poverty in this world that the costs of housing a criminal can lead to long-term happiness for society due to the money saved. Technically, no matter what society uses the money on, it will increase overall pleasure and be used to boost utilitarianism's accept...

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The fixation on wealth, in every aspect of the play, details the values, which are synonymous with ideals of having "not just all one needs, but lots of money, lots-. ... Money seems to be a pivotal factor in the proceedings of the play, with the plot centred on Nora's loan from Krogstad. ... Nora: "Don't be horrid, I do save, all I can- Torvald: "All you can. ... The whole trouble is, you cant- This dialogue is not only in support of the importance placed on money (throughout the play), but again of the patriarchal values embodied by Torvald, and presumably by their society....

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On November 21st, 1997, the South Korean government made a deal with the International Money Fund [IMF] to borrow money because they had come very close to bankruptcy. ... Holding campaigns to raise funds, the government sought to encourage people to donate money in support of their country, and through creative forms of propaganda, the government steered the people in the direction they needed to go in order to find a resolution to the impending financial disaster. ... The campaign called Ah-Na-Ba-Da; Ah stands for save, Na stands for share, Ba stands for receive, and Da stands for reuse. ....

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To the little relief of the Social Security the amendments passed in 1983 had created a surplus, collecting more payroll taxes than giving away benefits so the additional money is been saved in more Treasury Bonds generating $44 billion in interests to the trust fund (2Facts 2-4; LeRoy 122). According to Roger LeRoy Miller the Social Security Trust Fund is not trustable because the money from payroll taxes collected in the beginning of the program were taken by the U.S. ... In 1999 in the State of the Union Address, President Bill Clinton came up with the proposal to save the Social Securit...

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Since the invention and distribution of this vaccine has saved many lives. ... This vaccine saves lives and one doctor made a false accusation and caused mass panic with parents. ... One man with money on his mind changed the way some people see the MMR vaccine. ... The MMR vaccine has and will save children and adults from certain death by diseases we have created a way to prevent. ...

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In 1936, John Maynard Keynes published The Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. ... That wages would drop until the number of people needed to work equaled the number of people willing to work; and interest rates would decrease until the amount invested equaled the amount saved. ... The government spends money in the economy today anyway, so it would be convenient for the government to increase spending when needed. ...

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The result is that Ontarians are paying out a lot of money to keep their electrical system running and it's failing them. ... In his report he outlines how Ontario can cut its total demand for electric power by 20% by 2010, close the province's coal plants, improve the reliability of the electricity system and save taxpayers money. ... This has only resulted in more smog and greenhouse gases from coal-fired plants, a less reliable electrical system and millions of taxpayers money wasted on subsidies to private power companies. ...

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Many fans these days have become outraged with the high priced contracts given to professional athletes, and who can blame them, as many athletes are making more money in one year than the average fan will make in their lifetime. ... It is interesting that big-money jealousies tend to focus on athletes much more than movie stars and other entertainers. ... No, because lowering the salaries of sports stars and other mega earners will not put more money in the pockets of school teachers, nurses and policeman, which is what many people feel should happen. Yes, perhaps the people who educate us...

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People are electronically withdrawing and transferring money in their accounts, balancing their checkbooks online, shopping for groceries, and even ordering pizzas! ... Families save on long distances calls, paper, and stamps. ... I also save time and money by paying my credit cards online. ...

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After saying goodbye to Froggie and sending her home by bus, Bone soon saw that he, too, needed his mother and left I-Man with the money that he had stolen from the drug addict so he could buy himself a plane ticket home as winter was coming and I-Man couldn't survive off of frozen vegetable plants. After saying his goodbyes to the man who had saved his life on several occasions---and who's teachings would probably save him in more then one to come-- he returned home to find that his mother had gone into rehab and his stepfather had lost his job, falling deeply into alcoholism, and r...

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Many people do not realize that if there was less capital punishment, a lot of money could be saved that could be used in many other ways. ... Maybe if they knew that it cost more money to kill somebody than they had the chance to spend in their entire life, they would have a different opinion about the death penalty. ...

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There are other ways of saving money or investing it rather than the modern way of using banks and investment companies. Organisations such as micro lending and Roscas make it possible for people in mostly third world countries save their money. ... They mostly focus on lending money and saving is also included. These two forms of organisation involve paying a certain amount of money into a fund that is accessible to everyone periodically. ... Therefore, where money only helps the individual household of the owner, livestock helps the whole community of a Lesotho village (Ferguson, 1985)....

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