The U.S. budget deficit widened in May from a year earlier on a 10 percent
increase in spending, the Treasury Department said.
Outlays exceeded receipts by $138.7 billion last month compared with a $124.
6 billion shortfall in May 2012, the Treasury said today in Washington. The
gap was in line with the $139 billion median estimate in a Bloomberg survey
of 23 economists.
The Congressional Budget Office last week said that spending in May would’
ve been $4 billion less than a year earlier were it... 阅读全帖
Treasury: Nov. 5 deadline for Congress to act on debt limit
Associated Press
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the new deadline for
Congress to increase the government's borrowing cap has been moved up to
about Nov. 5.
That's earlier than previous Treasury estimates and likely means the matter
must be resolved before House Speaker John Boehner leaves Congress at the
end of October.
Lew says that tax receipts have come in below estimates and p... 阅读全帖
Annual Percentage Rate - APR,年百分率是什么意思?
The one year rate that is charged for borrowing (or made by investing). By
law, credit card companies and loan issuers must show customers the APR.
For example a credit card company might charge 1% a month, but the APR is 1%
x 12 months = 12%. This differs from APY, which also takes into account
compound interest.
这里1%是根据什么来收的,是借款额度的1%吗, 还是日平均存款额?
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两房其实政府赚了一大笔
GSE’s Shareholders Should be Allowed to Benefit From Fannie and Freddie’s
Recovery Just as AIG and Citi Stockholders Benefited
In a letter today to the Secretary of the Treasury, Jacob J. Lew, Mr. Nader
urged Secretary Lew to consider the plight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s
common shareholders. In the letter, Mr. Nader wrote that the government
sponsored enterprises’ (GSEs) shareholders have been mistreated and left in
a sort of financial limbo. He explains that steps taken by the... 阅读全帖
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100968089
Updated 10:19 p.m. The U.S. Congress passed a last-minute deal Wednesday
night to avert a damaging debt default and to reopen the government after a
more than two-week shutdown. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the
bill momentarily.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the bill shortly after 10 p.
m. with 285 members voting for the legislation and 143 opposing it. The
Senate passed the same bill 81 to 18 shortly after 8 p.m.
"I want to thank ... 阅读全帖
有些到此一游的东西，不过如果你不像我这样喜欢猎奇就算了。
Blue cloth Sea Captain Statue
W. Ocean Drive (转弯的一个小岛上) between Cape May and Wildwood Crest in
Cape May
Ghost Ship
3501 Boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ
National Marbles Hall of Fame in Castle Dracula
3907 Pacific Ave., Wildwood, NJ
如果你中间要坐船去Delaware的话，还有点猎奇的东西
Fountain of Youth
Pilottown Rd, Lewes, DE
Near intersection of New Rd/Rd 266 . Very small. Sorry, 已经早干了，最后一滴在135年前被俺喝了.
Zwaanendael Museum, Lewes, Delaware
据说里面那个东西是美人鱼的干尸，其实我看是海马
开车到cape may，最好找一家breakfast and bed inn. 这种inn就是当地人用house改
建的而且都围绕小镇的中心，Washington Street Mall，并且离海边很近。一般这种
inn都会免费提供自行车。cape may 很小的，自行车最方便了。inn一般$100多。
cape may 没啥特别好玩的，就是一个靠海边的安静安全的小镇，适合休闲游。头一天
最好早点到，下午在旅馆喝喝咖啡或茶，感叹一下人生，到海边看看，再骑车逛逛小镇
，晚上找个好点的餐馆吃一顿。第二天拍屁股走路。
到delaware，可以乘cape may - lewes 轮渡到delaware的lewes. 可以上网查轮渡时间
表，整个行程约80分钟。价钱有点贵，两个人一辆车$48.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0214/Obama-s-have-it
Obama's $3.7 trillion budget proposal would produce a $1.1 trillion deficit
for fiscal 2012 – less than this year’s projected deficit of $1.65
trillion. Republicans, predictably, call for more spending cuts.
By Linda Feldmann, Staff writer / February 14, 2011
Washington
In his proposed 2012 budget, released Monday, President Obama is trying to
have it all:
• Increased spending in areas the president believes will spur
economic... 阅读全帖
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/world/asia/20dinner-list.html
January 19, 2011
State Dinner Guests
The following is a list of guests expected at the president’s State Dinner
honoring President Hu Jintao of China, as provided by the White House:
THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA
HIS EXCELLENCY HU JINTAO
The Honorable Madeleine Albright, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Alice Albright
Ms. Christiane Amanpour, ABC News, New York, NY
Mr. James Rubin
The Honorable David Axelrod, Assistant to the President and Senio... 阅读全帖
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Oct 26 15:35:00 2012, 美东) http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2012/1...ining-america/
Go to link for complete article.
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Jewish Americans in the White House (there are others):
Jack Lew – Obama’s Chief of Staff (first chief was Rahm Emanuel)
Ronald Klain – V.P Biden’s former Chief of Staff (also Al Gore’s Chief)
Alan Krueger – Chair of Council of Economic Advisers
Jeffrey Zients – Director of Office of Management and Budget
David Plouffe – S... 阅读全帖
China state dinner guest list
Here’s the full list, from the White House:
THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA
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HIS EXCELLENCY HU JINTAO
The Honorable Madeleine Albright, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Alice Albright
Ms. Christiane Amanpour, ABC News, New York, NY
Mr. James Rubin
The Honorable David Axelrod, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
Mrs. Susan Axelrod
Mr. Jeffrey Bader, National Security Council
Ms. Rohini Talalla
The Honorable Elizabeth Bagley, Washin... 阅读全帖
Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, 21, killed himself with a two- or three-round detonate
from an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon early Apr 3, according to a Marine
Corps investigation.
人完了手很快就没劲儿了。Let off weight on the M249 SAW’s trigger is between
7.9 and 15.7 pounds.
