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...Economists are divided, though, over how far Asia's policy makers will go to stimulate the region's economies in response to Wall Street's problems. Andrew Freris, senior investment strategist for Asia at BNP Paribas Private Banking in Hong Kong, says central bankers face "a conundrum." Though he says there is "psychological pressure" to cut interest rates, Freris believes that concerns about inflation and the continued strength at Asian financial institutions will keep them cautious. Policy makers "aren't going to jump because the U.S. is having domestic problems," Freris says...
...part, has clearly been keen to harness the public relations boost of brandishing a "warrior prince" in its ranks. William's uncle, Prince Andrew, was a Royal Navy helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands conflict. William was "awarded his wings" - that is, made a pilot - in a training course that was shortened from the usual four years to less than four months. But it seems to be a happy fit. While his brother Harry has crowed about the joys of being "stuck in" as "one of the lads" in the Army, William has thrived at higher altitudes. He said yesterday...
...Such local successes, engineered by the SNP, have helped the nationalist party win control of Scotland's regional parliament, and boosted its chances of winning a referendum on independence it has promised to hold by 2010. Andrew Welsh, the town's SNP representative in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, has a copy of the Declaration of Arbroath on his wall and, if pushed, will wax lachrymose about great Scottish kings like "William the Lion" and "Scotland's right to rebel against tyranny." Yet, he's far more interested in explaining how he helped secure a new road linking Arbroath...
Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Allan M. Brandt were present to welcome the newcomers: former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean Peter T. Ellison, former History department chair Andrew D. Gordon ’74, zoologist Farish A. Jenkins Jr., former Earth and Planetary Science department chair Michael B. McElroy, and former Classics department chair Richard J. Tarrant...
This realignment of priorities extends beyond politics. Andrew Feldman, a university friend of Cameron's and now chief executive of the party, recalls that "last year, when the polls were against David, I commiserated with him. But David was completely upbeat. Ivan had lost the ability to smile, and now they'd changed the medication, and he'd got his smile back. That was what mattered...