http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/business-economy-financial-crisis/money-power-wall-street/s-p-to-pay-1-38-billion-for-once-rave-ratings-of-toxic-mortgages/
There are 3 areas I didn't know about before the reading. S&P has to pay about $687 million to the US government and 1.38 billion to the department of justice. Another area I didn't know about was Toxic Mortgages. Rating agencies had issued high grades to toxic mortgages, which were investments made by banks. One more area I didn't know about was the risk of firms putting their business interest ahead of their sound ratings. It will never completely go away. I would like to know more about mortgages and the right and wrong doing within them.
Flowers
Scavenger Hunt
Having a partner helped finding the items during the Scavenger Hunt. We both worked together to think of what could fit with each category. A partner helped think of ideas that I couldn't think of myself. A connection I can make that occurred in my own life while trying to find the items, was that I recycle, and the school does also. The school has an outdoor friendly place for plastics, which is a recycle bin. We also recycle at my house.
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