In the UK, Nationwide building society said that house prices increased by 0.9% in March, slowing the annual rate of decline to 15.7%, while in the US there was a surprise increase in factory orders.

在英国，国家建筑协会说在3月份放假上涨了0.9%，减缓了年度利率下降到15.7%的水平。 而在美国，工业订单有了令人吃惊的增长。

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At that rate of disintegration, John Emsley wrote in "Nature's Building Blocks" (Oxford, 2001), "it takes over 200 years to reduce it to 1 percent of its former level."

约翰·埃姆斯利在《大自然的积木》(2001年牛津版)中写道，按照铯- 137分解速度，则“需要100年才能降低到以前1%的水平上。”

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As an extra precaution against an ongoing down market, Narayanan suggests building in a "margin of safety" : a 3 to 5 percent premium over the target hurdle rate.

作为对持续下跌的市场的额外预防措施，Narayanan建议建立“安全系数”：一个超过最低预期资本回收率3% - 5%的溢价。

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Even if it never does, owning a home may still be a wealth building proposition for two reasons: you are locking in your housing costs with a fixed-rate mortgage while rents continue to rise, and your mortgage will be paid off at some point in the future.

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The Commerce Department said U.S. builders began building new homes at the fastest pace since mid-2008 in March, a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.04 million homes.

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At any rate, a group of municipal power companies in the American Midwest reckon that building a wind-powered compressed-air plant to take advantage of the blustery Great Plains will be worthwhile.

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