Typically, companies might invest in money market mutual funds, interest-bearing deposits, U.S. treasuries, etc.

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In addition to injecting money into banks, the government will guarantee new debt issued by banks for three years, and will offer an unlimited guarantee on non-interest-bearing deposits such as those used by businesses to make payroll.

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The high net interest margins at Wells Fargo have, in large part, been attributed to its large low cost average core deposits (which include noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing checking, savings certificates, market rate and other savings, and certain foreign deposits).

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In normal times the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding gold, instead of interest-bearing bank deposits or government bonds, is high.

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In principle, non-interest-bearing demand deposits are the most senior, and thus do not suffer losses until all the other creditors have a 100% loss.

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Hydraulic fracturing pumps many thousands of gallons of mainly water and sand, with a few chemicals, at high pressure into tight gas-bearing shale deposits (hardened muds), creating cracks that allow gas to flow back up the well to the surface ( Shale Shock).

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More than 10 drillers have already received Department of Environmental Protection permission to use mine discharges for fracking, a technique in which millions of gallons of water, along with chemical additives and sand, are pumped down a well to break apart gas-bearing shale deposits.

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Penalties for the recalcitrant will include warnings and deposits of up to 0.2% of GDP into, first, interest-bearing accounts, and then into non-interest bearing ones.

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