You won't, at any rate, find many money managers willing to complain publicly about the arrangement.

FORBES: Pay For Play

For them, capital isn't available at any rate of interest that makes sense for expansion purposes.

FORBES: Out Of Treasuries And Boldly Into The Fire

At any rate, there doesn't seem to be much danger that Obama will go Bulworth.

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"Those with wear will continue wearing down their teeth and ... if you keep grinding at this rate, you won't have any teeth, " she said.

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The 1GHz CPU isn't capable of running any popular video formats at an acceptable rate above 1024x768, so you'll have to stick with standard definition, if at all.

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If enough persons want to own T-bills at any price, even at a negative rate of interest, then THAT is the appropriate price at which the bill should trade.

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Robert Gordon, a tax expert at Twenty-First Securities in New York, thinks "there's a good possibility" that politicians can work out a deal to keep dividends taxed at today's lower rate, but there isn't any assurance of that.

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You need to read the speech for the full explanation, but the basic idea is that higher inflation can help push down the real cost of borrowing - the real interest rate - at times when nominal interest rates can't go any lower.

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