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Is It a Sin to Paint a Chairless Vintage Dining Table?
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Q: I have this really cool mid-century dining table that does not have a matching set of chairs. It was in the house when we bought it, which gives me the feeling of liberty to get creative with it. So I'm thinking of painting it glossy white along with a set of chairs that are in storage. Is it a sinful act to paint a cool antique piece? I've been flip-flopping on this project for about a year. What do you think?
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It's your table. It should make you happy. Paint! :)
Paint away :) What's the point of owning pieces you can't make your own?
i have that table and i just wonder if you paint it and you slide the leaves open, maybe the paint will scratch. it's a tight squeeze. maybe lacquer it after painting to protect it? please show the after pics if you do paint it. i'm curious!
there are usually mid century teak chairs in thrift stores. i never go shopping and even more rarely go to thrift stores, but i always see them.
Paint, paint, paint!
If you think painting it white will look fabulous and that you will love it more than something you could buy with the money it would fetch on craigslist, do it. Otherwise sell it, buy something you like as-is and save yourself the trouble of sanding and painting several coats. Modifying something to your liking is never a sin. It is an inanimate object and it belongs to you.
Paint away.
Imagine the joy the next lucky owner will get out of "restoring" the piece.
I believe that it's your table and you can do whatever you want with it. Go ahead and paint it.
That said, if you're feeling guilty about painting it, maybe you should consider alternatives. Trade it for something that goes with your chairs. Sell it. Disguise it under a tablecloth or a piece of white or green glass. Or buy new chairs
Bottom line -- unless it's a really rare or significant piece (in which case you probably don't want to lose the historic or sentimental value), you shouldn't have any reservations about making your furniture fit your lifestyle.
You could put virtually any type of chairs with this table and it would look great. No need to paint.
The deciding factor for me would be whether it was solid wood or veneer on the top. Solid- don't paint. Veneer- then paint.
What's wrong with it as it is?
It appears to be teak - and in decent condition too.
you have to live with it and how often do you get free and creative liberty with a piece of mm furniture, i think the greater shame/sin here is painting it glossy white!
Paint it...It's better that you enjoy it and use it and make it your own than to just have it take up space because you feel like you shouldn't paint it. Make it your own and enjoy it!
You can save yourself the hassle of painting it, by selling it on craigslist and buying a white table at ikea with the money.
Looks like teak to me, in which case I'd say sell it and buy a finished table that you like.
I also agree with the person above who said that paint might rub off when you pull the leaves in and out. Minor scuffs like that won't be noticeable on natural wood but they'll be very easy to see on a glossy white painted surface.
Please paint it if you want! maybe teal? sunshine yellow? red?
I'm sorry but I just had to chime in. Stop calling us Baby Boomers "midcentury." It's some ridiculous new buzz word like that other one, "Boho". Baby Boomers are hip, not the middle of the century like we're from the Civil War.
As far as teak, nobody *I* know would have it in our homes. If we wanted to appear hip we'd go REAL vintage that's ATTRACTIVE and not those hideous and boring legs. I'm from Santa Cruz, CA. It's not like we are unhip here.
Here is what *I* would do if I were so desperate for a table I had to take anything I got, find one of those fabulous vintage green paints. The kitchen cabinets in my funky apt were ugly dark laminate. Now they are vintage green. I call it my on purpose look, in other words if you have lemons make lemonade and pretend that it came this way. Now my old place looks like it all fits in. If you want to do this "midcentury" deal then don't get teak. If you do then paint it a vintage green. Try Dutch Boy Fresh as Spring. Give it time to set up, if there is sun in your kitchen, you'll impress all your "Boho" buddies. Linda
Another vote for DON"T paint. As others said, if you want a different look, use a tablecloth or sell it for a few hundred on Craigslist and buy something you really like. As for not having matching chairs – what do you mean? You really don't need teak chairs or even mid-century ones. Anything else will do – you could even find a few mismatched ones and paint/re-upholster all of them, instead!
First, find out what/who made it.
I almost "rehacked" a similar style table only to find out before doing so that my set was worth $2,500 . Needless to say, I left it as is.
As long as it's not "valuable," just do whatever you like with it. Just know that if you ever do sell it, you won't be able to sell it as a "mid-century modern original."
Have fun and post the end result!
I say leave it as is. The wood seems nice, and if customization is what you are looking for have fun with the chairs. There are a lot of options there.
Hi guys,
This is a pic of the real table:
That's from our final walk-through before buying the house. It's a horrible shot and you can't really see the top, so I apologize for how useless the photo really is. I should have taken a better one before posing the question. That's probably why the AT folks plugged in a shot.
So, in short, that's not the table in question in the original post.
It actually is a solid-wood mid-century piece but the finish on the top is worn. It was here at the house when we bought it and has a twist-and-pop-up leaf in the middle that my husband and I think is really neat. I love the oblong shape since I'm not a fan of long, rectangular tables.
Bokjoy, I'm sorry about the "mid-century" label! It's just a catch-all phrase for the period the furniture was produced in. :)
I say find out how much it's worth, if it's not worth a lot then think real hard about the leaves scratching, and then paint if you accept the possibility of scratches!
*shakes head* Who refers to people as "mid-century"? And as far as describing objects as mid-century, it is, technically, correct when describing design that came from the MIDDLE of a CENTURY. The civil war was also mid-century....just a different century. Come on, bokjoy, keep up.
It's a "found" table and not worth spending a year thinking about. Do one or the other or get rid of it.
bokchoy, i'm sorry that that term offends you, but 'mid-century' or 'mid-twentieth-century' is a design term which defines a specific time period of furniture, accessories, art, and architecture. AT and their readers didn't make up that term. It has been around for decades. There's no going back now.
As for 'boho', that's a completely different term defining a different look.
Also, teak is a classic mid-century element, especially in Danish modern.
Don't paint. Every time I've painted something I've regretted it. I agree with comicgeek - sell it to someone who will enjoy it and buy something that's beat up and will benefit from a coat of paint.
You know, capegirardeau, you're right. To spend a year flip-flopping on something like this is stupid. AND I love the suggestions to just sell the thing on Craigslist and buy a white table that I do like instead of devoting a weekend to sanding and painting.
Baby brain. That's all I can say.
Ok, so off to Chicago Craigslist it goes! Just as soon as I take a decent photo of it. :)
A special thank you to our mid-century forefathers for designing such a cool table. ;) I hope someone else will enjoy it.
Hunted, don't be silly! Cute nook, by the way.
I have almost the exact same table and I absolutely love it. It's teak and it oils up beautifully! Personally, I'd be very sad to see such a beautiful wood painted over. I have sloppy roommates and I'm currently considering making a tablecloth to protect my vintage piece and to make our kitchen/dining room a little more funky.
I once painted a fold-out table glossy white, and it was a real problem opening and closing the leaves. They just didn't fit right with a layer of paint on them.
Will you commit some kind of terrible sin if your get out your paint brush? It's just a table! Live a little! Paint it! If you like it less after your paint job you can always turn to Craigslist for salvation.
bokjoy- your whole post described how un-hip you actually are.
As far as teak, nobody *I* know would have it in our homes.
Are you kidding? What exactly is REAL vintage? Turn of the century? Plus, the table was a found object. I'll bet she wasn't concerned about being hip when this table was left by the previous owners of her house.
All the furniture in your picture is very sweet. Wonder whether all of it came with the house. The table looks delicate and well designed... the leaf wouldn't function well painted. Glad you decided to pass the table on to the marketplace for someone who would like the look as is. BTW, though, many types of chairs other than Danish modern can look great with these tables.
We did end up with most of what's in the photo. I am still not sure if I bought the house just to get that credenza. :)
The woman, Anne, who's estate we purchased the home from, collected Danish modern and lived in the house since it was built in 1950. She raised 3 boys in this 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house. I picked up a cute secretary, the credenza, the table, some lamps, dressers, and a bunch of other pieces for a little extra cash at closing. So much of her furniture is left in the house that I feel a little bit of, I don't know, maybe it's responsibility or guilt. -Like I should do right by it.
i vote for don't paint. i just love the look. maybe some funky bright vases on top? ;)
I felt the same way about the obviously handcrafted items left in our 40's cottage and we had the best of intentions for these things, but I think passing it on to someone who loves it instead of always having a feeling of obligation towards it is a much nicer future for the piece.
I'm sitting at a beautiful old library table that I painted just the top of. (I'm not suggesting that for yours, but it works on mine.) I was hesitant, but I've never regretted it.
If she collected MCM, that table could well be worth some serious cash. Research it before you sell it- you juuust may be able to afford those Modernica chairs yet!
I have the exact same table too. It is teak. If you paint it you will longer be able to slide the leaves underneath, which is a really neat design feature.
I have the matching chairs, they are not great. They are too small and quite uncomfortable. We got rid of them. Because of it's simple line, you can put just about any chair with and it will look good.
So what's the second table made of? The chairs look like teak.
There was a company called Scan that had stores mostly on the east coast (I think) and that just went out of business after many decades. They sold imported furniture with a contemporary Scandinavian look. A lot of it was made in Denmark. The older stuff is valuable but the things made in the 80s and later are not so hot. They sold some pieces by well-known designers but a lot of it was more generic. Both your tables and the chairs look like this later stuff to me but it's hard to say without better pics.
Teak table tops are almost always veneer, by the way. It was too precious a wood even back in the 50s to use for solid tops.
bokjoy, you are most definitely clueless about design and furniture.
And who said mid-century was in reference to a person, or persons? We're talking about a table here...
Personally, I wouldn't. And if I did, I'd probably go black, not white. BUT. Paint it if you love the lines of the piece and it will go well with the chairs you have planned for it. If not, this looks like a nice MCM table in good condition, and you could probably pick up some money for it on Craigslist and buy something you really want or might be more in line with your style. If painting will make you love it, go for it, but if it'll just make you dislike it less, I'd sell and buy something you want!
I know it's your table and ultimately you should definitely do what you want with it but I vote for not painting. I love the wood tones that teak has and to paint it a glossy white.. well you might as well buy some MDF (you could even trace out your table on a sheet and make the same shape) and paint that over. If it's not your style though I agree with the others, sell it and buy yourself something that would go better with the feel of your home.


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Starting with a clean base that was prepped with moisturizer and touched up with concealer and foundation when needed, Robinette blended Chanel Rouge Coco Lip Colour in Perlé, a honey rose, with MAC Lipstick in Cyber, a deep wine, to create a velvety stain. "I'm not using liner," she emphasized, explaining that her intention was to make mouths look lived-in and "not so done." "It's what women should look like, it's powerful," Robinette surmised, brushing brows up with MAC Brow Fix and coating lashes with a few swipes of Diorshow Black Out Mascara. Nails were given an additional dose of strength with Chanel Vernis in Pirate, a ruby red lacquer, courtesy of manicurist Roseann Singleton.
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The world's least biggest fan of the Internet — the music industry — is arguing a new service provided by online retail giant Amazon is depriving them of millions in cash.
Today, Amazon began offering "Cloud Drive," which lets users upload 5 gigabytes of music (more than 1,000 songs) to the company's servers for free. The music can then be listened to from multiple devices — smartphones, computers and pretty much anything with an Internet connection.
Amazon launched the service before securing any licensing deals, according to a Reuters article.
"I've never seen a company of their size make an announcement, launch a service and simultaneously say they're trying to get licenses," said one music executive.
The shriveling music industry better load up on lawyers, other giants (Google in May, Apple in June) are allegedly going to offer similar services soon. I'm not a bettering man, but if Google, Apple and Amazon are on one side of an argument, you are probably going to lose.
I think "Cloud Drive" is a great idea. Those who've had an iPod with thousands of songs on it go bad will agree.
March 30th, 2011
1:55 am
You think its' a good idea because you know nothing about the music business and how songwriters like me have been getting our music stolen, money out of our pockets, for over a decade now. If we're lucky and get a song cut on a major album we get… 9 cents.. for each album sold. That's right, if and album happens to sell a million copies (extremely rare these days" we make all of $90,000 split with our co-writer and publisher. After taxes and splits, a million seller will make the songwriter between $20,000-$35,000. Kids and many adults have no right stealing my royalties. I wouldn't still their BurgerKing paycheck.
March 30th, 2011
2:08 am
The Internet has created an environment in which we expect free entertainment and information. The problem is that real entertainment (not the YouTube 15 second funny) takes creative talent. Real news requires analysis which is rooted in knowledge and experience. Will the expectation for free information and entertainment ultimately kill creativity? Probably not because artists will always produce art – but this may well be an unintended consequence of the Internet – killing creativity.
March 30th, 2011
2:56 am
Cloud Drive is NOT about "sharing" music with others; it's like Google Docs, but for music. A way for YOU to have easy online access to YOUR music files. It's in no way shape or form anything like torrents.
Logitech offers the same service with it's Squeezebox things, and people aren't screaming about THAT, are they?
Cloud Drive will not add to or diminish album sales.
I'm sorry for Eddie and other musicians who don't have huge mega support from the labels; it does seem like a tough job with little pay at the end of the day.
March 30th, 2011
4:45 am
Riddle me this… If I paid for and own the music that I store on someone else's hard drive but is only accessible to me (that's all this is) how is that stealing? It's my fecking music, I paid for, it and I should be able to store it and listen to it on whatever device I choose. Anyone who expects me to by four or five CD's of the same album for each device I have is nuts. I should be able to store it anywhere I want. What's the difference between a remotely accessed networked drive that I maintain at home and one that someone else maintains for me elsewhere? Do you just not understand technology? As far as how much an artists gets from the record company.. wake up. That paradigm changed last century. Sorry you couldn't be Fleetwood Mac. Market it on the internet and start performing live like a real musician or else deal the the reality of this century like everyone else with a clue. It's work now, just like it once was.
March 30th, 2011
9:23 am
I see the music industry blog moles are all over this one. Here is something for them to chew on:
"Sony had created its copyright protection software, in part, using LAME code, violating the GNU Lesser General Public License, and VLC code … violating the GNU General Public License."
March 30th, 2011
11:40 am
Well if you are only getting 9 cents per album sale sounds like the record company is ripping you off.
March 30th, 2011
4:23 pm
Eddie, make good music and people will pay a crap load more than 9 cents to see you perform live. Performing live is where the money is at now.
April 1st, 2011
7:42 am
Also, next time Artist A wants the rights to one of your songs – do a little more negotiating – if it's a great song and the artist wants to use it – "their people" will make sure it happens.
Don't blame the digital media for the loss of revenue – the labels are the reason for the bootlegging of music – the giant cash cow they once had complete control of is gone – play the game with the folks trying to get your music out there or get out of the business. With out the digital distributors, your product is not going to sell. You guys should have been a little bit ahead of the curve – Napster didn't have it all wrong back in the day – as we are now finding out!
April 1st, 2011
9:28 am
give me break. I know about the music industry. Shelving this idea is NOT going to stop people from stealing your music. First lower the damn prices. Why are we paying .99 cent per download. When an CD cost about 15 dollars. Second Start making music that is worth purchasing. Most of the crap out there is worthless rehashed crap. Get creative, Get with technology, and leave the main stream record labels that have been sticking it to the artist / producers for years!
April 6th, 2011
9:19 am
Okay so if the music business is paying you Eddie like you worked at Burger King and that's not acceptable, get a new gig. The reality is with technical advancements coming to the market there are adverse affects on some industries. Is in the business of the business to make themselves profitable and innovate the services or products they bring to the market. Crying about you only making a piece of money for a piece of work you have done is just simple.
Everything is changing which is the only constant we can depend on especially in a global economy like we currently find ourselves. If you want to eat, you will find a new trade or make the one you in more profitable meanwhile I DON'T buy music unless its bootleg. sorry but that's just the way it is… I have most movies in the theaters now on disk and it was a lot cheaper paying $10 for 4 movies/cds than paying $50 dollars for 3 hours at the movies with my family.
This isn't what this site is about but it is what the industry is about now.
April 6th, 2011
11:30 am
Back in the day, you bought a tape, and it played in your boom box, and your car tape player, and your walkman. You bought the music, it was yours. Today, I have to buy a song 3 different times to be able to listen to it all the places and ways I want to. If I buy music, it should be mine, not to share – I very much don't believe in sharing music with others, but I should be able to listen to it where and how I want to.


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Chris Owens knows the Rules of Hunting: Treat every firearm like it's loaded, make sure your visible to other hunters, but Owens says a lot of hunters make a critical mistake.They go up in a tree-stand without an anti-fall safety harness.
Owens says "wear a harness, because god knows what could happen. The floor could break. You could fall asleep. I'll tell you the way I got hurt -- I wasn't hunting, I wasn't even hunting."
More than 20 years ago, Owens was using his deer stand – and harness – to cut high-up Pine tree limbs outside his home.
He says, "I went up three trees just find, 40, 50, 60 feet, cutting down these dead limbs." But when he went up the fourth tree, he left the harness on the ground. Then he fell, about 40 feet.
He says, "I (had) never, never broken a bone, and I've been as active as I could be. And then, whenever I fall, I break three neck bones and a back bone."
Owens, who is now fifty and working for the Home Depot, spent 5 months at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, learning how to live as a quadriplegic.
He also learned how to use adaptive equipment - to get back to hunting, from his wheelchair.
Shepherd Center therapist Chris Ravotti says getting back outdoors is key, because he says, "It gives a person a reason to get out of bed, a reason to get dressed, a reason to eat breakfast, because they have something to do because they've learned it here at shepherd."
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Patients usually end up at the Shepherd Center because of falls, and that's were the harness comes in. Some hunters don't use them, because they find them too binding. Owens disagrees, saying, "you just hook it up to the tree, it's on your entire body, and it doesn't bind you whatsoever."
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The damage from Typhoon Haiyan has left a big mark on the Philippines.
"It is just so massive, so extensive, you just don't know when to stop because the moment when you are done with one relief operation another text will come in or a report."
Working to locate and help families and friends in the Philippines is a full time job for survivors.
"I was huddled together my family and we were just praying and praying," said Mary Lou Labrador-Neri.
Mary Lou lives in Cebu City and saw very minimum damage.
Unlike the thousands of others in the Northern part of Cebu and Tacloban.
"What is happening now is that people are just coming together whatever bits and pieces of information we know, we post them on Facebook or e-mail them and somehow we are able to trace who are okay or who are those not accounted for," she said.
Isolde Amante also talked to us via Skype, as did Neil Sanchez.
Amante is the editor of a local paper, The Sun Star Cebu.
"Right now, there is just no way to get that type of information, so as a journalist it is just frustrating," she said.
Sanchez is a government official. He said Monday morning that U.S. aid was arriving in the country to help people who were affected by the storm. His estimate was that "90 percent of all people living in municipalities had suffered some impact."
Amante showed some pictures of the places people sought shelter.
"People went to churches, municipal halls, public buildings, where they expected to be safe and even these places were devastated as well," she said.
A photo captured in Daanbantayan Cebu showed rescuers moving people from one crumbling shelter to another.
"At the height of the typhoon, people had to move to safer shelter, and they were made to hold onto ropes to make sure they wouldn't be blown away, and they had to do that while avoiding debris," she said.
Towns located in Cebu are flattened.
Several homes lay flattened while a bus station survived in Bogo City Cebu,
"The mayors have told us that they basically have to start over," said Amante.
The Philippine Red Cross website has a lot of information about how to connect with families and how to volunteer and donate.
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There it is, with the neighboring states colored in
Most dencely populated per square mile state in the northeast. Known for the Redsox, Patriots, bad drivers, highways with two different names (128 is I-95, for all you out-of-staters), Dunkin Donuts, wicked bad gramma, friggin cold winters, wicked hot summers, unpredictable weather, and people who hate the New York Yankees.
I'm from Boston Massachusetts and I drive betta than you.
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State where I was born, live in, and mostly likely will die in. The best state in the United States. It is a cold place in the winter months but never gets too hot and it is not as heavily taxed as most states these days, it is 34th out of 50 making the Taxachusetts insult obsolete now. It has more culture than the rest of New England, great universities, and an exstensive amount of history.
Massachusetts was the sixth state to join the Union.
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Red sox and pats rule Mass
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Quandongs are a type of fruit found in Australia, and are also known as the native peach. They are semi-parasitic and will get some nutrients from the roots of nearby trees and plants. Quandongs grow right across Australia, even in the dryest areas. The fruit itself had a big seed and a very thin coating of fruit on the outside. The seeds are textured and can be made into interesting jewelry.
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--Adjusted EPS falls short of consensus but revenue comes in better than expected
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Expedia Inc. (EXPE) warned of rivals ratcheting up competition at home as it projected a relatively modest increase in earnings this year.
Shares in the online travel agent were up 5% at $70.90 in recent after-hours trading, after it reported a solid fourth quarter barring the effect of an extraordinary legal cost. That followed another all-time high for the stock in regular-session trading.
Expedia, which operates its namesake travel-booking website as well as brands like Hotels.com and Hotwire, has been the market's darling in the online-travel sector. Its shares have nearly doubled in value in the last year as exhaustive technology upgrades accelerated growth, even as rivals such as Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN) were tripped up by lumpy travel demand in areas like Europe.
However, Expedia Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said Priceline was becoming a much better domestic competitor during a conference call to discuss results. The rival plans to take over the biggest online travel metasearch engine, Kayak Software Corp. (KYAK), and it recently launched an aggressive ad campaign for Booking.com, its biggest brand that thus far has thrived in international markets but had little presence in the U.S.
Mr. Khosrowshahi added Expedia was watching Google Inc. (GOOG) and TripAdvisor Inc. (TRIP) closely as they experiment and innovate with travel products.
The executive also noted Expedia's strengths: share gains, promising signs in its packages business, expansion of Hotwire and its Chinese brand eLong and better conversion.
This year, it expects its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to rise about as much as last year. It projected adjusted Ebitda would increase by a low double-digit percentage, with the possibility of hitting the low teens. But that is shy of the 15% growth analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting.
Chief Financial Officer Mark D. Okerstrom said growth would be most difficult early in the year and progressively improve. Expedia's spending on sales and marketing will be much more aggressive in the early part of 2013 than they were last year, when the company pulled back on those expenses at its namesake brand as it was moving the site on to its overhauled technology.
That transition stoked a turnaround in Expedia's brand, but Mr. Khosrowshahi said the company must prove it can strengthen it over a multiyear period.
In the fourth quarter, Expedia's room nights booked increased a record 33%, and international bookings gained momentum, rising 32% following a 27% rise in the third quarter. Overall gross bookings increased 19%.
The growth helped the company post better-than-expected revenue, but Expedia's ramping marketing costs as well as continuing technology investments kept its adjusted earnings slightly below the consensus expectation.
Unadjusted, the company's profit dropped 90% because of a $110 million legal reserve linked to an unfavorable ruling in a Hawaii tax case. The company said it needed to bulk up the reserve even though it plans to appeal the verdict, adding the excise tax matter is unique to Hawaii and likely won't have bearing on occupancy-tax matters raised in other jurisdictions.
Expedia reported earnings of $6.7 million, or five cents a share, down from $70.3 million, or 51 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding litigation reserves, stock-based compensation and other items, earnings from continuing operations rose to 63 cents from 58 cents a share.
Revenue rose 24% to $974.9 million.
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Q&A: I want to know if Clomid can cause an ectopic pregnancy.
My husband and I have been trying to conceive for the past 15 months. I'm 37, he's 41. I've had three rounds of Clomid now. And over the past six months, I've had three miscarriages. My last pregnancy was an ectopic pregnancy. I'm wondering, can Clomid cause ectopic pregnancies?
Clomid would not have caused your ectopic pregnancy. It's your age, not the fertility treatments, that make you more prone to this condition. Ectopic pregnancies happen when the fertilized egg implants itself somewhere other than the uterus, often in the fallopian tubes. According to the American Pregnancy Association, women between the ages of 35 and 44 have a greater risk than younger women. In addition to age, other factors involved might cause an ectopic pregnancy, such as scar tissue in your fallopian tubes or infection.
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One rain-slicked night, six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother Victoria. And since that night, she has never again spoken a word.
The last thing Mark Nolan needs is a six-year-old girl in his life. But he soon realizes that he will do everything he can to make her life whole again. His sister's will gives him the instructions: There's no other choice but you. Just start by loving her. The rest will follow.
Maggie Collins doesn't dare believe in love again, after losing her husband of one year. But she does believe in the magic of imagination. As the owner of a toy shop, she lives what she loves. And when she meets Holly Nolan, she sees a little girl in desperate need of a little magic.
Three lonely people. Three lives at the crossroads. Three people who are about to discover that Christmas is the time of year when anything is possible, and when wishes have a way of finding the path home…
Until his sister's death, Mark Nolan had treated his niece Holly with the usual offhand affection of a bachelor uncle. He had seen her during the occasional holiday gatherings, and he'd always made certain to buy her something for her birthday and for Christmas. Usually gift cards. That had been the limit of his interactions with Holly, and it had been enough.
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Marvin Perry, 22, was shot and taken to Decatur Memorial Hospital. Perry later died from his injuries.
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Jim Cramer told Lindsey Bell at TheStreet.com Wednesday he remains bullish on China and would still be a buyer of Wynn Resorts (WYNN) and MGM Resorts (MGM).
Cramer said the Chinese government is now realizing it was too aggressive on interest rates and is working fast to correct it. That will mean good things for the country's Macau gambling region as well for the casino companies that operate there.He still likes Wynn Resorts and feels that company is going a fantastic job. For speculation, he also recommended MGM, which is benefitting from a turn in the Las Vegas gambling market. All of these stocks have had big runs, said Cramer, so no matter which ones investors are considering, they should wait for a pullback before buying in. To sign up for Jim Cramer's free Booyah! newsletter, with all of his latest articles and videos, please click here. -- Written by Scott Rutt in Washington. To email Scott about this article, click here: Scott Rutt Follow Scott on Twitter @ScottRutt or get updates on Facebook, ScottRuttDC
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Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider may be tiring of the current stalemate between the NHL and its Players' Association.
Sources tell Philadelphia Daily News writer Frank Seravalli that Snider soured on the process when it became likely that there would be no deal in time to start an abbreviated season on Dec. 1.
According to Seravalli, Snider - who serves on the executive committee of the NHL's Board of Governors - is essentially of the opinion that the final deal that the owners will eventually get on revenue division and players' contract rights will not be as good as what NHL commissioner Gary Bettman originally envisioned. That being the case, writes Seravalli, the owners may only win the battle for a better revenue split, and still have to accept an angry fan base and sponsorship woes following a lockout that is in its third month.
Snider later issued a statement disputing the Daily News column.
"An article appearing in today's Philadelphia Daily News is absolutely erroneous," Snider said. "I am a solid supporter of National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman and the League in this unfortunate situation.
"Like all fans, players, owners and League officials, I am extremely hopeful that an agreement can be reached and we can eventually be playing hockey again soon. League rules prevent me and all owners from making any comments on the labor negotiations. I will continue to honor that and not make any further comments."
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In 2008, at the brink of the subprime meltdown, President George W. Bush signed in to law a highly controversial bill that provided help to struggling banks who looked to be destined for bankruptcy. Not only did the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) provide aid to the banks, but it was that bill that gave America a new political buzzword: bailout.
TUTORIAL: Credit Crisis
Americans saw a price tag of $700 billion and immediately associated this figure with money lost. Each American citizen would contribute about $2,200 to a fund that would bailout greedy banks. Even today, especially during an election season, TARP has become an American poster child for corporate greed. Is it entirely accurate for Americans to hold such a grudge for TARP? Possibly not. Let's take a look at TARP three years later. (For a look at past government interventions in the market, read Top 6 U.S. Government Financial Bailouts.)
Not Even Close to $700 Billion
Although TARP was authorized for $700 billion, the price tag never came close to it. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in March of 2011, $432 of the $700 billion has been disbursed. Although there will be further payments, they are minute compared to the intended amount.
It Was Supposed to Cost $300 Billion
Seven hundred billion wouldn't have been as hard for American taxpayers to swallow if they were going to get it all back. From the beginning, TARP was intended to be an investment by the U.S. Treasury, but large-scale losses were worked into the figure. Original estimates forecasted tax payers losing $300 billion, but three years later the program is on track to beat those estimates.
The Banks
Of the $245 billion invested into the banks, $169 billion, or 68%, has been paid back with interest. Wells Fargo held its TARP money for 14 months before paying it back. In those 14 months, they paid the Treasury $132 million in dividend payments. Because the Treasury requires an equity stake in the form of preferred stock, warrants or senior debt securities, all companies receiving TARP money have to pay it back with interest or dividend payments.
Most of the other banks, including Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and American Express have paid the Treasury in full.
The Auto Industry
To date, Chrysler has paid back $10.6 billion of the $12.5 billion that it borrowed. General Motors has paid $8.1 billion of the total $13.4 billion. Of the $80 billion borrowed in total, only $29 billion has been repaid. So far, it appears that it is the auto industry, not the banks, who may deserve the brunt of the taxpayer wrath.
The Bottom Line
Although some of the outstanding funds will never be paid back, the CBO believes that most of it will. Once dividends, capital appreciation on the warrants and stock appreciation is factored in at future market prices, TARP may end up being a program that provided needed assistance that resulted in a large amount of American jobs saved. (For additional reading, check out How The U.S. Government Formulates Monetary Policy.)


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The Dancing with the Stars host, who is married to former Baywatch hunk David Charvet, went public with her health crisis in November (12) and a month later (Dec12) underwent the life-saving procedure, which left her with a large incision on the front of her neck.
The operation was a success and the 41 year old is now cancer-free and has returned to work. During an interview on U.S. breakfast show Good Morning America on Tuesday (08Jan13), the TV personality donned a hot pink dress and was all smiles for her return to the public eye, as she confidently displayed her scar for the cameras, adding, ""No make-up, this is a first for me today. I've been scarfing it up (wearing scarves to hide it). It's fresh, it's a month old and I think scars tell a story and I'm so fortunate.""
But the busy mum admits she will never forget how the medical scare affected her kids.
She said, ""All the children really handled it differently... My son actually said, 'Is poppa gonna get it?' You know in his mind, at four years old, he doesn't know what cancer means.
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- Nekruz Ismoilov
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How do you think we can motivate young people to perceived and purposeful studying?
On the one hand, the flow of information nowadays is incredibly huge: you can choke on the TV programs, websites, newspapers and books. However, the most of these information flows are "yellow", useless and even worse - destructive. Tajikistan is a small country in Central Asia with a population of 7,000,000 people (2011).
Youth in Tajikistan in the 21st century has not enough useful and necessary information for the successful start in the life. After finishing a high school, most young people do not know what they can do. They have no idea what their lives devote to. At the same time the top for the most of the teenagers is to find a job in Russia. Making money in Russia became the main goal in youth's and adults' life. Children have no longer an enthusiasm to study at school and students remain at the Universities only "for parents".
- How do you think we can motivate young people to perceived and purposeful studying?
- How to start their internal "engine" for the acceleration to a successful life?
- What methods would be offered the Ministry of Education by you to implement into the system of education?
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M DJun 13 2012: We need to transmit the idea that education is not just to make you more knowledgable and give you a memory bank of information and skills that leed to a career/money; but that through the use of education you beome a more intelligent person, a deeper thinker, better able to express yourself, better able to understand all phenomena. We need to see education as being able to grow the mind, rather than fill it with data, quotations and formulae. We should seek to become authors, not books.
gerard3161 jonesJun 24 2012: I fully agree with you and think that the current crisis shows us that we have to change our educationsystem and that everything has become interconnected. We cant make a move in one country without effecting the results on the other side of this planet.
So I think that education has to develop in a way that the children of today become global citizens that feel responsibilty for eachother.
This will awaken them to the laws of interdependency and able them to achieve new skills to handle with the global problems we are facing today.
We have to educate a desire to stop global injustice and take responcibility to create a harmonious,sustainble,and peacefull life.
Essential is the dialog between the cultures and find out what connects us instead what seperates us.
When we see eachother as a large family we will treat eachother in that way and correct others if they are making actions wich not contribute to the whole of society.
Living together requires social skills and not only insert data and tools how to make a lot of money on behalf of other people and think we have to educate this.
We have to look as well on the influence of the media and ask the children how they percieve the world and what their interests are.
Think conversation should be the main tool to educate the children of tomorrow.
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"The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself." --- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In light of this quote, had Monsanto been around during Roosevelt's time, he would not have taken too kindly to their business strategy. After all, in 2007, 176 million lbs of an extremely toxic herbicide known as glyphosate,1 first created by Monsanto, was sprayed onto the soil (and everything standing between it) in this country, with untold environmental and human health fallout.
Untold, that is, until now...
Roundup (Glyphosate): The Science Vs. Marketing
2011 was a watershed year, as far as scientific revelations into the nature and extent of the damage associated with glyphosate-based herbicide usage and exposure is concerned. An accumulating body of peer-reviewed and published research now indicates glyphosate may be contributing to several dozen adverse health effects in exposed populations. And as we shall see, human exposure is as universal as is the contamination of our food, air, rain and groundwater with this now ubiquitous chemical.
Ever since Monsanto developed, marketed and patented the glyphosate molecule -- Roundup (®) herbicide's active ingredient -- beginning in the early 70's, a substantial and ever-growing portion of the earth's arable surface has been transformed into an environmental and human health experiment, of unprecedented scale. Non-industry funded human research on glyphosate exposure is only now being performed, and the preliminary picture being painted isn't very pretty. Recent experimental research found that exceedingly small concentrations of glyphosate (450-fold lower than used in agricultural applications) induce DNA damage in human cells. Given these findings, it is likely that the widespread adoption of GM agriculture has and will continue to result in massive collateral health damage; the fall-out of which we are only beginning to understand, and yet which we are all no doubt are already experiencing, mostly subclinically.
Roundup Ready (®) (glyphosate resistant) genetically modified (GM) plants (also created by Monsanto) now constitute 70% of all genetically modified food plants on the market today.2 This has required the use of increasingly larger quantities of glyphosate-based herbicides in the regions where these plants are cultivated, making human exposures inevitable, and now simply a question of to what degree. Despite manufacturers' claims, pest resistance to GM crops and commonly used herbicides, are becoming a serious problem, and companies like Dow Agrosciences are seizing the opportunity with newly created GM crops that are 'three herbicide" resistant, requiring the future use of even more toxic combinations and greater quantities of herbicides in America's farmlands, including 2,4 D, a chemical once used in Agent Orange.
Glyphosate is now contaminating groundwater in vast subterranean stretches in areas directly and indirectly exposed to the application of this agrichemical; a finding that runs contrary to manufacturer's claims that glyphosate is readily "biodegradable" and even "makes the soil cleaner," which it does not. Moreover, one 2011 study found glyphosate in 60-100% of all US air and rain samples tested, indicating that glyphosate pollution and exposure is now omnipresent in the regions within which it is applied.
It is one thing to know that when you consume GM food, you are ingesting glyphosate residues (and secondary chemical metabolites) -- at least, as a consumer you always have a choice (economics permitting) of buying explicitly labeled non-GMO, certified organic food. It is another thing to know that simply engaging in necessary biological functions, such as breathing or consuming water, will result in exposure to albeit minute, and yet nonetheless toxicologically relevant and measurable concentrations of this chemical. Where, then, do we draw the line? Is this a form of chemical assault, or simply collateral damage in the agricultural war against pests?
One thing is for sure: Roundup-ready plants are, through their inherent design, destroying the biodiversity upon which our existence depends. Monoculturing itself, as the name implies, involves selecting one plant, or a few chosen "ones," out of the tens of thousands that once occupied a pre-agricultural habitat, and renaming all other non-target plants as "other" or "weeds," requiring their destruction. Monoculturing and genetic engineering have transformed what were once unimaginably biodiverse and vast habitats, into agrichemical-saturated wastelands, with half-living, chemically-assaulated GM plants just holding on for dear life by a human-held string, until harvest time.
And yet, the more fundamental and unrecoverable problem may be what has happened to the soil itself during this process of GM farming. It takes approximately 1,000 years for the earth to produce (on its own) a 2.5 inch thick layer of fertile soil. And yet, it may take only a single application of Roundup to irreversibly alter the microbial populations within the soil -- much in the same way that a single round of antibiotics may seriously and irreversibly alter your gut flora for the rest of your life.
New Research: Roundup Destroying Beneficial Soil & Food Organisms
New research published in the journal Current Microbiology indicates that Roundup herbicide (®) is having a negative impact on the microbiodiversity of the soil, including microorganisms of food interest, and specifically those found in raw and fermented foods.
Microbiodiversity is essential for the global health of our planet. The metabolic activity of microorganisms participate quite literally "at the root" of the nitrogen, phosphate, oxygen and carbon cycles, and are therefore indispensable for the health of the entire biosphere. They are also the most numerous inhabitants in the web of life. There are an estimated 6000000000000000000000000000000 (6 x 10 to the 30th power) bacterial cells on the planet, and soil microrganisms represent about 50% of the the total biodiversity in terms of numbers of species. Soil organisms include fungi, and the mycellium which is technically the largest organism in the world, and have a special importance to the health of this planet.


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NAMPA, ID - Iona College women's indoor track senior Heidi Gregson finished seventh in her preliminary the 2012 NCAA Championship mile run at Boise State University.
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A puffing steam train climbs into the Himalayas, a rolling rumble echoes over the holy waters of the Ganges, an astonishing five million commuters rush daily through the Bombay Victoria Terminusjoin National Geographic as we journey on one of the world's largest railways. Since 1853, India's railway has been a unifying force. Not only did it physically link distant regions, it also connected the myriad of castes, languages, and religions that comprise India. It's a rich history, riding the sumptuous Palace on Wheels through Rajasthan or the "toy train" to Darjiling, but sadly, the age of steam is dying. At the Black Beauty contest, the beloved steam engines are admired for the last time. From the driver in the steaming locomotive to the station master in the sleepy village, from the family traveling to a wedding to the commuters in the large cities, this great institution reflects the country itself. Many are the faces, and varied are the stories, on The Great Indian Railway.
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Filmed in 1995, this documentary is a nostalgiac look at the end of steam trains in India.
The film covers many facets of trains in India including the atmosphere of a second-class compartment, the luxury of the Palace on Wheels, the madness of a train pulling into a station as coolies jostle for an attempt to carry passengers' baggage, the role of the station masters, even a look at the legendary Toy Train of Darjeeling and a miniature train that runs on a maharaja's tabletop bearing decanters to dinner guests.
There is a strong emphasis on the emotional value of the railway system to its passengers and employees. You will be surprised by how antique and manually operated the system was in 1995.
This film is especially recommended for train buffs and those interested in travel to India. It gives a good feel of what it must be like to be there.
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Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 2, 2014
China's Finance Minister removes 20-year ban on local and regional governments from issuing bonds; lifting of ban, along with other amendments, represents shift in approach to China's long-standing problem of how to finance infrastructure projects without allowing local and regional governments to build up unsustainable levels of debt. MORE
Aug. 21, 2014
A judge in New York said that Argentina's attempt to skirt his ruling on bond payments was "lawless." MORE
Aug. 19, 2014
Yields on Ireland's government bonds have fallen to nominal lows after ratings upgrade, surprising turnaround for country that faced bankruptcy in 2010. MORE
Jul. 31, 2014
For a nation that went through a devastating default 13 years ago, the collective memory of what a real economic default feels like is still fresh. MORE
Jul. 30, 2014
A court has ruled that unless Argentina settles a debt dispute with the hedge fund firm of the billionaire Paul E. Singer, it is barred from paying its main bondholders. MORE
Jul. 29, 2014
Barring a last-minute deal, Argentina will default on billions of dollars of bonds on Wednesday. But the reaction will probably be muted because this default is not a surprise. MORE
Jul. 25, 2014
Floyd Norris High & Low Finance column argues that United States District Court Judge Thomas Poole Griesa did not understand complexities of Argentina's sovereign debt debacle in series of important rulings concerning government bonds; holds muddled decisions have led forced Citibank to choose between violating American order or risking prosecution under Argentine law. MORE
Jul. 10, 2014
Federal Reserve says that it plans to stop adding to its bond holdings in October, sign of its confidence that the economy is gaining strength even as it gradually withdraws its support; decision signals end of one of central bank's most aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy. MORE
Jul. 5, 2014
Editorial warns that long-running legal dispute between Argentina and investors who own some of its bonds could force country to default on foreign debt by end of July; urges Argentina and creditors to reach compromise during scheduled negotiations in order to avert disaster for already weak Argentine economy; calls for policy makers around world to create more systematic way to deal with defaults by troubled governments. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
District Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan appoints litigator Daniel A Pollack to preside over negotiations between Argentina representatives and United States bondholders aimed at ending long battle over $1.5 billion in debts. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
Floyd Norris High & Low Finance column criticizes Supreme Court decision regarding Argentina's troubled foreign debt; argues that ruling has made it far less likely that genuinely troubled countries will be able to restructure their debts and increased the power of investors to prevent needed restructurings. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
International Monetary Fund suggests that if inflation in euro zone continues to drag, European Central Bank should invigorate economy by buying government bonds and other financial assets; strategy would amount to emulation of Federal Reserve's quantitative-easing program, strategy many economists have been urging. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
News analysis; Federal Reserve plans to reinvest in mortgage bonds, and potentially in Treasury securities, as it winds down its prominent bond-buying program later in 2014; tactic is intended to help ease economy out of stimulus period and to help keep borrowing costs low. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
In years past, countries could cut a deal to satisfy creditors. But the Supreme Court's ruling could make that more difficult. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
The Supreme Court handed Argentina two major defeats on Monday in cases brought by bondholders who refused to accept reduced payments after the country's 2001 default. MORE
Jun. 5, 2014
Wall Street's top banks bet on a bear market for treasuries this year. But with bonds rising, some firms are worried about their bottom lines. MORE
Apr. 29, 2014
Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce another $10 billion cut in its monthly bond purchases, to $45 billion, as part of effort to end purchases by autumn; pullback seems to have been widely accepted by financial markets, though it remains unclear what bank's policy will look like after tapering is complete. MORE
Apr. 22, 2014
Supreme Court seems inclined to offer at least modest help to Argentina's creditors as holders of defaulted Argentine bonds seek subpoenas to document its assets and collect on court judgments. MORE
Apr. 11, 2014
Pension funds, banks and other big money managers are snapping up billions of dollars of once-shunned Greek debt; Greece's return to bond market after four years adds to growing optimism that most troubled nations in euro zone are finally recovering from downturn; risky buying reflects near-insatiable appetite for higher-paying investments around globe. MORE
Apr. 10, 2014
Greece returns to capital markets with plans to begin selling long-term bonds; deal represents major milestone for the country, which was effectively shut out of the markets in 2010; bond sale reflects increased optimism that Greece and other wobbly euro zone countries have turned the corner. MORE
Apr. 6, 2014
Enthusiasm has rapidly grown for unconstrained bond funds, which can make use of any type of debt, long- or short-term, as investors seek enhanced returns during period of record-low interest rates; funds can be riskier than their traditional counterparts. MORE
Feb. 22, 2014
Floyd Norris Off the Charts column observes that Federal Reserve was principal buyer of United States Treasury securities in 2013, while American private sector appears to have been net seller of Treasury debt at that same time; notes that the foreign private sector was also a substantial buyer, with Japan replacing China as largest foreign investor in Treasuries. MORE
Dec. 19, 2013
Federal Reserve says it will gradually end its bond-buying program during 2014 in modest first step toward unwinding broader stimulus campaign as officials gain confidence in economy's growth; seeks to offset concerns of pulling back too soon by strengthening plans to hold short-term interest rates near zero. MORE
Dec. 8, 2013
Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column contends that as cities like Detroit and states like Illinois face shortfalls, there is a need for more disclosure, not less, about pension funds; points out investors say better disclosure practices among tax-exempt issuers are slow in coming. MORE
Dec. 6, 2013
Board overseeing California's $68 billion high-speed rail project will try again to gain authority to sell $8.6 billion in state bonds after sale was blocked by judge. MORE
Nov. 16, 2013
Floyd Norris Off The Charts column looks at data showing that inflation rates, both in the United States and around the world, are falling to levels lower than any seen in recent years; notes that decline in inflation measure could provide reason for Federal Reserve to delay widely expected tapering of bond purchases. MORE
Aug. 30, 2013
Floyd Norris High & Low Finance column analyzes implications of appeals court decision that prohibits Argentina from selectively paying back its vast number of creditors; notes that decision was strongly opposed by International Monetary Fund and United States Treasury Department, which warn that it could undermine norms of international debt restructurings and path to solvency for indebted countries. MORE
Aug. 8, 2013
Two weeks after Detroit declared bankruptcy, cities, counties and other local governments in Michigan are getting a cold shoulder in the municipal bond market. MORE
Jul. 7, 2013
Challenges appear to be ahead for fixed-income bond investors, whether long or short term; Barclays Aggregate bond index lost 2.4 percent in first half of 2013; for 12 months through June, loss was 0.7 percent; Vanguard says investors should expect their core domestic bond portfolios to earn no more than 2 percent annually over next decade. MORE
Jun. 21, 2013
Editorial cites Federal Reserve's announcement that it would end its stimulative bond-buying programs if unemployment rates go down to 7 percent; holds one reason could be that Fed is caught between continuing such programs, which could cause bubbles to form, or ending them prematurely, which could allow economic weakness to persist and perhaps deepen. MORE
Apr. 19, 2013
Representatives from California and two other states introduce bill that would strip states and cities of their right to issue tax-exempt bonds unless they first disclose true cost of their pension plans and whether they can pay it; measure seeks to prevent municipal bankruptcies like one in Stockton, Calif. MORE
Mar. 5, 2013
Many companies are borrowing money for projects using tax-exempt bonds called qualified private activity bonds, costing federal taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars; valuable perk amounts to stealth subsidy for private enterprise, as bonds are more conventionally used by cities and states to pay for public works. MORE
Jan. 1, 2013
Growing number of professional investors are betting that increase in bond investments over the past four years has gone too far, warning that perennially safe bond investments are due for drop in value as faith in government increases. MORE
Dec. 15, 2012
Floyd Norris Off the Charts column says that if interest rates rise, bondholders' old bonds will lose value, but if rates fall, their old bonds may be redeemed by the company, depriving the bondholders of yield. MORE
Dec. 12, 2012
Greece persuades local banks and foreign investors to sell back to the government 32 billion euros worth of discounted bonds, clearing way for more than 40 billion euros in desperately needed loans to recapitalize its banks and keep the government functioning. MORE
Dec. 11, 2012
Greece, on verge of completing crucial plan to reduce its debt burden, extends deadline for foreign investors and Greek banks to sell their deeply discounted bonds back to the government; banks and hedge funds have offered to sell back close to 26 billion euros ($33.6 billion) in bonds, short of the government's goal of 30 billion euros. MORE
Dec. 10, 2012
Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce that it will continue buying Treasury securities to stimulate growth in 2013, holding to pledge it undertook in September; Fed must still determine which bonds to buy and how much to spend. MORE
Dec. 8, 2012
Greece's largest banks agree to sell their discounted bonds back to the government in a move that brings the nation one step closer to completing a complex debt-reduction deal; buyback aims to trim about 20 billion euros, or nearly $26 billion, from Greece's 323 billion euro debt. MORE
Dec. 4, 2012
Greece, in bold bid to reduce its debt burden, says it will spend as much as 10 billion euros to buy back up to 30 billion euros of its bonds from investors and banks at discounted prices that are higher than predicted. MORE
Dec. 3, 2012
Euro zone finance ministers will gather for their fourth meeting in four weeks in attempt to vet Greece's planned response to a central provision of new bailout plan; Greece plans to buy back some of its bonds at a discount in order to reduce its staggering debt load. MORE
Nov. 23, 2012
Federal Judge Thomas P Griesa orders Argentina to immediately pay $1.3 billion in foreign debts that have gone unpaid since the country's world-record default a decade ago; country's president and finance minister have insisted that they will not pay any of the sum, and plan to take the case to the United States Supreme Court. MORE
Nov. 15, 2012
Lawyers and bankers are suggesting that Greece offer a buyback of its debt, and possibly invoke clauses in its bond contracts to put pressure on debt holders to accept it; aim is to further reduce ever-increasing sovereign debt burden that is fast approaching 200 percent of gross domestic product. MORE
Oct. 7, 2012
Paul J Lim Fundamentally column observes bond funds are on track for their best year since 2009, with average taxable fund gaining 6.8 percent through first three quarters of 2012; managers who concentrate on corporate issues have lately been able to beat the bond indexes, where government bonds can carry huge weight. MORE
Sep. 26, 2012
Spain's borrowing costs rise at an auction of short-term debt, showing investors' uncertainty about the country's strategy for emerging from crisis; Spanish Treasury sells almost 4 billion euros ($5.2 billion) in bills, drawing a yield of 1.203 percent, up sharply from 0.946 in August. MORE
Sep. 22, 2012
Floyd Norris Off the Charts column notes that China and the Federal Reserve significantly reduced their position in US Treasury securities during the twelve month period ending in July, actions that were offset by a surge in Japanese buying; contends that widely-held anxiety that such a sell-off would raise borrowing costs seems to have been unfounded. MORE
Sep. 21, 2012
Spain sells 4.8 billion euros ($6.2 billion) of bonds, more than it expected to sell, as a euro zone contraction shows signs of accelerating. MORE
Sep. 19, 2012
Spanish Treasury, taking advantage of improved bond-market sentiment in the euro zone, sells 4.6 billion euros, or $6 billion, of short-term debt; questions remain about whether, or when, the country would seek European help to lower its borrowing costs. MORE
Sep. 7, 2012
Details of the European Central Bank's bond-buying program given. MORE
Aug. 28, 2012
Jorg Asmussen, top German official at European Central Bank, defends its plans to intervene in bond markets as a way of lowering borrowing costs for business and encouraging economic growth; position puts him at odds with Germany's central bank president Jens Weidmann and highlights a growing split in country's policy-making elite. MORE
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China Authorizes Local Governments to Issue Bonds
The lifting of a 20-year ban represents a fundamentally different approach to a chronic problem: how to finance projects like roads and bridges without unsustainable levels of debt.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
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Higher Ratings for Ireland Lead to Lower Bond Rates
Yields on Ireland's government bonds have fallen to nominal lows after a ratings upgrade, a surprising turnaround for a country that faced bankruptcy in 2010.
August 19, 2014, Tuesday
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Burned by Losses on Portuguese Bank Bonds, Funds Ponder Next Steps
Some investors are weighing a legal action against Portuguese regulators.
August 9, 2014, Saturday
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Treasury Auctions Set for the Week Week of July 28
The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
July 28, 2014, Monday
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The Muddled Case of Argentine Bonds
Because of rulings meant to force Argentina to pay its creditors, Citibank may either have to violate a court order or risk prosecution in Argentina.
July 25, 2014, Friday
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Fed, Confident in Economy, Details End of Bond-Buying Program
The decision signals the end of one of the central bank's most aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy.
July 10, 2014, Thursday
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Lessons From Argentina's Bond Battle
Policy makers and most investors have an interest in allowing troubled countries to restructure their debt.
July 5, 2014, Saturday
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Why Government Pension Funds Became Addicted to Risk
The steady decline in interest rates has pushed pension funds away from bonds and toward riskier investments.
June 26, 2014, Thursday
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Judge Appoints Master in Argentine Bond Talks
A special master was appointed Monday to preside over negotiations aimed at ending a long battle over $1.5 billion in debts.
June 24, 2014, Tuesday
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Ruling on Argentina Gives Investors an Upper Hand
The ruling made it far less likely that genuinely troubled countries will be able to restructure their debts and increased the power of investors to prevent needed restructurings.
June 20, 2014, Friday
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What Is the Debt Ceiling?
During the October 2013 government shutdown, The Times's David Leonhardt explained the debt limit and how a failure to raise it could have affected the economy both at home and abroad.
Will Treasury Pay?
Treasury bills normally become more expensive as they come closer to their due date, but investors are paying less for bills due right after the nation hits its projected borrowing limit on Oct. 17.
Off the Charts: Confidence Returns In Europe
European investors' confidence has risen into positive territory, according to the Sentix euro zone investor confidence index.
Retirement Risks of Bonds
Conventional wisdom says people should hold more bonds as they age. But ultralow interest rates have left many would-be retirees with a big problem: the chance that they will exhaust their bond portfolios before they die. The outlook is worse for people who retire earlier and withdraw more. Adding stocks to a portfolio increases the risk of big losses, but it also reduces the risk that you'll outlive your money.
High Yields Aren't So High
A record $79 billion in high-yield corporate bonds were sold in the United States in the third quarter, as investors poured money into mutual funds buying those bonds. The flood of money has sent bond prices up, and yields down.
Who Is Owed by the United States
Despite running budget deficits of more than $1 trillion a year, the United States has been able to borrow at very low interest rates. Over the past year, the Federal Reserve, the American central bank, did not buy any Treasury securities, but the government had no trouble raising the needed cash from domestic and foreign investors. That was true even though China, the largest lender to the United States, was selling Treasury securities.
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HARRISVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Police say there are no injuries after an apparent drive-by shooting at a Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling site in northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Butler Eagle reports that on Saturday a suspect in a pickup truck pointed a small-caliber rifle in the direction of a drilling rig and fired two rounds.
State police report that the occupants of the vehicle were shouting profanities at the drilling site as they fled the scene.
Authorities say there's no known motive for the shooting, nor were there any previous threats directed at the operators of the site or its employees.
Shell Exploration & Production Co., a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, owns the drilling site.
Authorities are searching for leads in the case.
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While many were in stores today doing their holiday shopping, others spent the day outside the nation's largest retailer protesting.
According to Walmart officials there were 26 protests at stores last night.
But that number doesn't include the many rallies that happened today-like the one Iowa City.
That rally started at 11am.
It was a small group but they were hoping to make a lot of noise.
"Enough is enough.," said Jennifer Marsh, Union Organizer. "The pay is too low. They've got to stop the intimidation of workers and stop trying to scare people from standing up from their rights."
Not one of the people was a Walmart employee.
However they believe practices at Walmart are hurting the rest of the country.
"Walmart sets a lot of the standards in this country as the largest private employer," said Jason Whisler, President of COGS UE local 896. "They're driving down wages in their retail stores, in their chain of supply, all the way through drives down wages for workers all over the United States."
The group says they wanted to come out and show support for workers in their community.
"In a lot of small towns in Iowa, Walmart is the only store that's left," said Marsh. "They've driven out mom and pop small businesses. And so I think it matters to Iowans because they should be able to feel good about where they shop."
The protest in Iowa City was just one of many nationwide organized by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
Very few had company employees in attendance.
"We estimate that less than 50 associates participated in the protest nationwide," said Bill Simon, Walmart President and CEO in a press release. "In fact, this year, roughly the same number of associates missed their scheduled shift as last year."
Eligible Walmart employees will receive holiday pay for working Black Friday events.
They also receive an extra discount on food throughout the holiday season.
Walmart had their biggest Black Friday event ever this year-hitting more than 10 million register transactions eight and midnight nationwide.


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June 12, 2013
Lexington Renaissance Man
After dominating racing, Richard Childress tackles golf, wine and more.
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