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.
The Illusionist is a 2006 American romantic mystery film written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel. It is based loosely on Steven Millhauser's short story, Eisenheim the Illusionist. The film tells the story of Eisenheim, a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna, who reunites with his childhood love, a woman far above his social standing. The film also depicts a fictionalized version of the Mayerling incident. The film premiered at the 2006