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...girl I knew in high school has memorized all of Janet Jackson's dance routines. A college acquaintance is afraid of train whistles. Five separate people harbor lifelong desires to visit New Zealand. How do I know these things? Because they won't stop writing about them on Facebook...
...second half of his testimony, both oral and written, Markopolos outlined his recommendations for fixing the SEC. Markopolos said that "right now investors are afraid." He cited investor fears of banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, credit rating agencies, investment manager, and the country's regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. In a backhanded compliment, Markopolos said the SEC is a "bad regulator, but the best of a very sorry lot," though at one point he also suggested that it might be better to disband it or merge it with another agency. The bigger fix, he said...
...Part of the reason why he wins is that he's not afraid to lose. He'd rather lose for the right reasons than win for the wrong ones." -Tom Rath, New Hampshire National Republican Committee member. Columbia College Today, July...
...truly afraid to go to sleep tonight, because I don’t want to deal with the recurring dream I’ve been having where I get chased down a dark alleyway by two Rod Blagojevich impersonators and a living, breathing mullet. Look guys, as a fellow tall, goofy white dude, I can empathize. But this needs to stop...
...exactly what experts say you should be doing - including with your laid-off co-workers. People who lose their jobs often feel ostracized, which is partly a function of how the still-employed, going through internal turmoil of their own, treat them. "Most people say nothing, most people are afraid of you," says Damian Birkel, a career counselor and founder of the nonprofit Professionals in Transition, which provides services to the unemployed. "For someone to come in and offer any type of support during what is the most awkward and embarrassing time you're going to have - that...