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Aug
05
STAT: Vol. 1, Num. 2 | August 5, 2011

Suddenly a Downgrade

Well, suddenly, here we are. I guess there's always a first time.

The credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, just (Friday at 8 PM) issued a credit rating downgrade for the United States, from AAA to AA+. (The other two ratings agencies, Moody's and Fitch, have not yet downgraded but have issued warnings.... read more »

Keywords: Change, Debt, Downgrade, Greece, Italy, Mathematics, Ratings agencies, Shaken, Soft-anarchy, Volatility

May
02
STAT: Vol. 1, Num. 1 | May 2, 2011

Bin Laden Killed, Buried at Sea

Posted 6 AM, EDT, May 2, 2011

  • Ten years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan just after midnight, May 2. (Sunday afternoon, May 1, US time)
  • The Pakistani government has long denied bin Laden was in their country, but in the end, he was located in a compound 60 miles north of the cap... read more »

Keywords: bin Laden, Muslim, Pakistan, Terrorism