Typically based on a particular money market rate or the average interest rate in a particular trading market, different index rates are used for each type of loan. In the United States, for example, the prime rate is the most common factor used to determine interest rates for variable rate loans.
Edward Teller (1908-2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist. Teller, along with Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner, helped urge President Roosevelt to develop an atomic bomb program in the United States. Teller joined the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1943 as group leader in the Theoretical Physics Division.
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 â 22 October 1998) was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screen writer. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.