Understanding Net Worth and Debt in Everyday Life
Greg Jordan explains net worth as assets minus liabilities and why spending visible possessions can hide true wealth. The piece uses two example couples to show how mortgage size and asset mix affect net worth, noting retirements, IRAs and pensions as factors.
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West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
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Parts strike shows GM's vulnerability
A tentative settlement ended a walkout by 2,800 UAW workers at GM's AC Rochester West parts plant in Flint over health and safety. The strike disrupted parts flow, forcing shutdowns of four assembly plants and idling about 11,500 workers, underscoring GM exposure to local labor disruptions in a just in time system.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
AC Rochester West Parts
Flint
John Maciarz
Maciarz
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Dale Brickner
Michigan State University
School of Labor and Industrial Relations
International
Brickner
Moraine
Ohio
Shreveport
Pontiac
Wentzville
St. Louis
Moderate trading erases early losses
Stock prices moved higher in moderate trading erasing earlier losses on favorable Middle East news and lower oil. The Dow rose to 2747.77, up 0.99, with 852 advancers to 640 decliners and 496 unchanged. Volume on the NYSE floor reached 130.32 million shares, with total NYSE volume at 160.91 million.
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NEW York
Middle East
New York Stock Exchange
Hussein
Dow
Commerce Department
Livestock sales totals across three markets in Aug
Narrows Va market sold 110 head on Aug 11 totaling 216654.70 with hogs sheep cattle and goats. Alderson market sold 110 head Aug 10 for 27226.31 including stockers heifers steeds and cows. Lewisburg Bluegrass Market moved 186 head on Aug 11 totaling 61246.37 with pigs horses goats and cattle components.
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Narrows
Narrows Livestock Auction Market, Inc
Alderson
Lewisburg
FDIC moves to raise bank deposit insurance premiums
The FDIC board voted 5-0 to raise premiums from 12 cents to 19.5 cents per $100 of deposits for 1991, a 62 percent increase. It would lift premium income to about $4.8 billion next year, but the fund may still need five more years to reach full strength.
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Washington
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
L. William Seidman
Seidman
Inter-dealer quotes across multiple firms late afternoon
Quotations from Wheat First Securities show inter-dealer bids and asks for various names. Apple Computer and MCI Communications appear with notable spreads. Several firms such as Nat'l Banc of Commerce and Premier Bank display modest bid and ask levels.
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Wheat First Securities Inc
Apple Computer
Bassett Furniture
Burke Parsons
Cadmus Communications
Dominion Bankshares
First Fed S&l SC
Figgie Int
Fingermatrix Inc
First
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Unisys
First Va
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Chimp Int
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Pittston
Ga Pacific
Manor Care
Westwise
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MAPCO
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Whittaker
Crm&Knw
Grace
McDonalds
Reebok
Indsa/s
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Valero
Cyprus
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Pulaski Furniture
S&k Famous Brands
Summit Holding Corp
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Williams Inc
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Mercer Mall
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