Mr King also warned that "the era of cheap mortgage finance that underpinned the housing market in 2006, and the first half of 2007, is over".

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And what I've shared with people is that one of the things I have seen over the past three and a half years as First Lady is what it's like to be President.

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The action by 2, 800 staff (nearly half the workforce) at SC First Bank Korea is ostensibly over a merit-pay scheme, which would be at odds with Korean seniority-based traditions.

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For instance, at Goldman revenue growth is down 31% over the three-year period from 2010 through the first half of 2012, but headcount growth is down just 1% in the same period.

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In the first half of the 21st century the number of Americans aged over 45 is projected to grow nearly three times as fast as the number under 45.

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First, GM is a shadow of the former giant, which once employed over one-half million.

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On top of that, the frequency of major U.S. hurricane strikes over the past several decades is down about one-third compared with the first half of the 20th century.

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First, the cumulative cost of any ongoing item is going to look huge if it is projected out over a half-century.

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