So, Amex needs less capital relative to its charge activity because fewer of the purchases turn into loans.

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The person in charge of that activity, David Johnson, was the last to leave in recent weeks.

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It appears that financial institutions up and down Wall Street enjoy such cozy relations with the federal agencies in charge of regulating and overseeing their activity.

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You should keep a careful record of your costs, including the time you devote to the new activity, which should be reflected in your charge to customers.

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And not only were the same people leading the charge, but they were naming the same alleged cause (human industrial activity) and the same alleged consequences (more drought, extreme weather, crop failures, etc.).

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