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What is APY in Banking & How to Calculate It?

When you invest money in a savings instrument, you might see two numbers representing interest paid on account, and they’re usually not the same. One is the interest rate, sometimes referred to as the “nominal interest rate,” and the other is APY, which is an abbreviation for “annual percentage yield.” So which is the more relevant rate? To the issuer of the savings instrument, typically a bank or credit union, the nominal interest rate is an important number.

What the History of Debutante Balls Says About Women's Lives

The debutante ritual flourished roughly from 1780 to 1914—beginning with the first debutante ball in London and ending with the outbreak of World War I. During these years, Great Britain became the dominant power in the West, and its culture spread outward from the fashionable capital of London to provincial cities in Britain and eventually to its far-flung colonies. His Majesty’s British subjects, and later Americans, too, waited on coral atolls and in bustling port cities for ships that brought newspapers filled with word of fashionable music, dance and conversation.

Donald Sutherland Was an Actor of Everyday Profundity

The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, who died on June 20 at age 88, appeared in so many films over his long career—and was so terrific even in films that barely deserved him—that it’s impossible to come up with a definitive Sutherland performance. He could be unnervingly menacing one minute, only to catch you short with his quavering vulnerability the next. His facial features were pliant and agreeable; he could win you over in a heartbeat with that great, rubbery smile.

How to unsubscribe from publications and accounts on your Snapchat Discover page

If you've found yourself looking for an "unsubscribe" button for an account or publication you subscribed to on the Discover page on Snapchat , don't worry: It's not you, there is no such button within the app. However, that doesn't mean you can't unsubscribe if you're no longer interested in whatever that publication or account is creating. The steps you'd take to do so are ever so slightly less obvious than you might imagine.