As a result, there is a potential for a large fall of snow.

BBC: Snow and sleet forecast for Northern Ireland

If not reversed, these developments, together with a pace of growth that is likely to fall short of potential for a time, should lead inflation to moderate later this year and next year.

FORBES: Reducing Systemic Risk

As recently as last fall, Wachovia was seen as a potential savior, particularly for Merrill Lynch, which is said to have approached it about a merger as the losses mounted on its exposure to credit derivatives.

FORBES: Banking's Mean Season

Recognizing the potential for another House seat pickup and the strong tailwind it would provide heading into the fall, Democrats spent a similar amount of money on the race, financing several television ads that questioned Davis' competence and ethics.

CNN: Mississippi election loss is GOP 'wakeup call'

While Isaac is likely to become a hurricane today, Fugate and Knabb urged those in the path of the storm to focus less on its particular classification and more on the storm's size and the potential for a storm surge that could reach 6 to 12 feet -- as well as record levels of rain fall.

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"Someone who applies for a bank-teller position might also be a customer or potential customer, and we were letting those applications fall into a black hole, " she says.

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