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Qualities of Effective Teachers

James H. Stronge

ToolQualities of Effective Teachers
Published: 01 July, 2002
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Markets await Bernanke as central bankers gather (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/usa_fed_bernanke_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_21t171423_450x373_us_usa_fed_bernanke.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=0wCTHkODsoGWy7cu6ehcRw--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington July 16, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tackles financial stability in a key speech on Friday but economists doubt he will provide solid clues about future policy action to calm the credit crunch.</p><br clear="all"/>


Fannie and Freddie debt gains, deep share dive abates (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/fannie_freddie_shares_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_20t154325_450x312_us_fannie_freddie_shares.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FHwmtPalDc_gYdreDqpeSA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A home that has been foreclosed and repossessed by the bank up for sale in Burbank, California, July 20, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investors' growing belief in the likelihood of a federal bailout of home-funding giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac triggered a rally in the debt prices of the two companies on Thursday while a steep fall in their shares prices abated.</p><br clear="all"/>


Firms settle auction-rate probes but more to come (Reuters)
Reuters - Three of Wall Street's top investment banks agreed to pay millions of dollars in fines and buy back billions of dollars in frozen, illiquid securities after U.S. regulators reached settlements over the way the firms sold auction-rate securities.


Oil up 5 percent on global tensions, soft dollar (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/markets_oil_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_12t024422_450x300_us_markets_oil.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_M.Jle8Tcv9rrnm42pq9dw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An oil tanker nears the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska, August, 9 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oil prices rose nearly 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest percentage gain in more than two months, driven by rising tensions between the United States and energy behemoth Russia.</p><br clear="all"/>


Gap profit beats Street, PacSun disappoints (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080822/bs_nm/retail_gap_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.a7f4ed1c14d74b04856a1fb703e446ff.earns_gap_cajc203.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=VyNnYbhLFsLFTHv.OYXDIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="A woman leaves a Gap store in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Apparel maker Gap Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter after the market close Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Gap Inc reported a 50 percent jump in quarterly net income on Thursday, beating Wall Street estimates, as cost-cutting, lower inventories and other moves that boosted profit offset declining sales at its family of clothing stores.</p><br clear="all"/>


Economy - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Rates on an average 30-year mortgage fell to 6.47% in the week ended Aug. 21 from 6.52% the week before, Freddie Mac said. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6%, down from 6.07%, while the 5-year adjustable rate dipped to 5.99% from 6.02%. The 1-year adjustable rate rose to 5.29%. Mortgage yields, though dipping in recent weeks, are much higher than they were in the spring. Home loan applications are at a 71/2-year low, the Mortgage Bankers Assoc. said Wed.


Cost-cutting boosts Gap's 2nd-quarter profit (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_gap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.a7f4ed1c14d74b04856a1fb703e446ff.earns_gap_cajc203.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=VyNnYbhLFsLFTHv.OYXDIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="A woman leaves a Gap store in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Apparel maker Gap Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter after the market close Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apparel retailer Gap Inc. said Thursday that tight control on inventory and costs helped offset a persistent sales slump, particularly at its Old Navy stores, as fiscal second-quarter profit rose 51 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>