Until recently the inorganic anions nitrate (NO 3 −) and nitrite (NO 2 −) were considered inert end products of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and unfavorable dietary constituents.However, a new ...

Those findings were released late last month. The Safe Drinking Water Act identifies a dangerous level of nitrate concentration as anything above levels of 10 milligrams per liter. The NDEE’s ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently added segments of five rivers near large Iowa cities including Cedar Rapids to the state's impaired waters list for nitrate — over the repeated ...

There’s a truism in municipal debt: Bonds rarely move on natural disasters. That long-tested concept had held up until fires destroyed thousands of properties in Los Angeles last week.

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Investors often include foreign or international bonds in their portfolios for a few primary reasons – to take advantage of higher interest rates or yields and to diversify their holdings.

Security selection and sector allocation among corporates, securitized, and government bonds receive the most focus. Whether individual bonds, issuers, or sectors, the team looks for strong ...

Although holders of preference shares and bonds are both entitled to regular distribution payments, preference shares do not have a maturity date and can continue in perpetuity. Bondholders are ...

If anything is going to impose discipline on his administration, it might just be those bond rates; indeed, it is probably the only factor that will.

Little changes add up here. Our research team assigns Gold ratings to strategies that they have the most conviction will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a risk ...

Each condition tested was prepared as 14.5 mL of inoculated culture plus 1 mL deionized water (for “no additions” controls) or inhibitory salts (sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite) dissolved in deionized ...