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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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"It costs similar amounts to bank a person with five hundred or a thousand dollars as it does a person with ten thousand dollars," says Willie Belton, Associate Professor in the School of Economics. "So if it's going to cost the same amount, the ten thousand dollars is going to give the bank a lot more money to create earning assets." Belton's comments inform a feature on why large banks might not be concerned with the departure of customers with modest account balances to other banks. Source: WSBTV, June 8, 2011
