We can all talk about the 200 friends we know, or the 2, 000 friends we know.
Or the 2 million Americans who need bone and cartilage reconstruction each year.
That is far higher than the 1% in annual interest investors are earning on bank deposits and money-market accounts, or the 2% they are earning on 10-year Treasurys.
Let your partner handle things for a while, and remember, it's not the end of the world if he or she puts the diaper on wrong or feeds the baby Stage 2 food instead of Stage 3, she said.
Since the financing is based on the lesser of (1) the purchase price or (2) the appraised value, an appraisal that results in a value at or above the contract purchase price means the deal remains intact.
After emphasizing that the Fed remains committed to both sides of their mandate, Bernanke said that inflation expectations remain anchored at or near the 2% target the Fed considers adequate, and sought to differentiate monetary stimulus from fiscal stimulus.
If you get to the fifth and sixth alerts, you'll again be redirected to a page where you must agree to either an immediate reduction in speed for two to three days or the same 2-3 day speed reduction delayed until 14 days later.
The argument that economics growth, or at least the 2-3% per annum sort of growth that has characterised the last couple of centuries, is over is explored here at FT Alphaville.
In addition, younger women found to be at high risk of breast cancer, either through family history or because they carry the BRCA 1 or 2 gene, would receive annual scans to check for signs of the disease.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed over 300 points or 2.7% while the tech-heavy NASDAQ lost 61 points or 2.2%.
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That would be a boon, for after ten years in which the economy grew by over 3% a year, growth this year is likely to fall to 2.4% (say the optimists) or even below 2% (the pessimists).
Depending upon your viewpoint, the grandly named Mass Torts Made Perfect, a recent confab of plaintiff lawyers in Las Vegas, (1) illustrates America's greatness as a nation with the rule of law or (2) shows the appalling consequences of deep-pockets liability.
Would that decision rest in part upon (1) how well-liked the Dean is or (2) how much revenue the Dean had generated for the university during his tenure?
There is nothing particularly new about the need for or the mission of the B-2.
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And then, continue to debate whether or not the wealthiest 2 percent should be getting another substantial tax cut next year.
And we can argue about that, we can argue about whether or not the top 2 percent of taxpayers in America deserve another tax cut as part of the election, and then that can be decided by the election.
The truck was traveling only 1 or 2 mph along the left shoulder as it followed two Thruway workers picking up trash in the median, Montijo said.
For videographers looking for more advanced filming options than what the new iPad or iPad 2 cameras offer, Apter created the Lenscaster - a separate accessory that attaches to the Padcaster and allows users to shoot footage on the iPad with a more powerful lens.
To find the best possible combination for the seven options they identified, one should run 128 experiments (or 2 to the power of 7).
Yet in spite of persistently sluggish growth in the euro area, inflation has bumped up against, or even exceeded, the 2% ceiling for a good part of the period since 1999, when the euro came into being.
Watt expects GDPfor the region, on average, to expand by 0.5% this year, less than the 2% or so growth expected from the U.S. economy.
Do file form 1040X within 3 years after the date you filed your original return or within 2 years after the date you paid the tax, whichever is later.
Later on, successful buyers can simply swap their engineering units in for a final version of the 16GB or 32GB Xiaomi Phone 2 -- the latter a new addition that co-founder Lei Jun announced on Sina Weibo last Saturday (where he also cheekily asked if anyone need a 64GB flavor).
Those that argue American sports fans do indeed love violence point to things such as (1) the precipitous increase in interest for mixed martial arts and UFC compared to boxing, or (2) the fact that hockey fans go nuts whenever 2 meat heads start fighting.
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And with the action moving to New York City for the first time, the 1950s offers a very different shooter experience than more recent Big Apple battles like Crysis 2 or the upcoming E3 standouts Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
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Current U.S. spending of 3.8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense programs is astonishingly lower than the 38% spent at the close of WWII, the 11.7% spent during the Korean War, the 9.8% spent at the height of the Vietnam War, or the average of 5.2% spent during the last decade of the Cold War.
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The figure is a marked improvement on previous years, compared to about 111 million middle class Africans, or 26.2% of the population, in 1980, 151 million or 27% in 1990 and 196 million or 27.2% in 2000.
Another technique for saving money will be to use proven technology already developed for other programs, such as the sensor suite on the new F-35 fighter or the landing gear on the B-2 bomber.
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The interest rates are attractive, usually set at 1% or 2% above the prime rate, which is the rate the best corporate borrowers can expect.
When a money manager fails to perform up to the benchmark he has established for himself, the manager might (1) simply acknowledge his poor performance or (2) change the benchmark to one that will make his performance appear better.
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