October 2, 2008 News
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway earns its first quarterly gain since 2007. Berkshire shares are up 4.9% selling at US$137,000 per share.
沃倫巴菲特的伯克希爾哈撒韋公司自2007年以來獲得其第一季度的收入。伯克希爾公司股價上漲4.9 %,在美國銷售以每股13.7萬美元作收。
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will raise the current deposit insurance limit of $100,000, enacted in 1980, to $250,000. (100,000 1980 dollars was worth 251,689 2007 dollars or NT$8 million). This move is to encourage people to put more savings in their bank accounts.
Source: http://www.measuringworth.com/ppowerus/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDIC
聯邦存款保險公司(FDIC)將提高原本於1980年頒布的存款保險限額10萬美元至25萬美元 。( 1980年存的10萬美元在2007年價值增長為25萬1689美元或新台幣800萬元)。此舉是為了鼓勵人們把更多的儲蓄存在其銀行賬戶。


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