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Curran is accompanied by 10 other newcomers to the Carr Center, including Kelly Askin, a legal consultant to the United Nations; Antonia Chayes, a specialist in conflict management in several international programs; Thomas Cushman, a sociology professor at Wellesley College and founder and editor of The Journal of Human Rights; Eitan Felner, the outgoing director of B’Tselem, the Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; and Mario Gomez, a member of the law commission of Sri Lanka and a professor of public law, human rights and feminist legal studies at the University of Colombo...
...trust put nearly one-third of its money into derivatives contracts that amounted to bets that interest rates would not drop anytime soon. When they did drop, the value of the trust's shares plunged about 25%. Just last week, a group of investment funds run by David Askin of Askin Capital Management was forced to liquidate its portfolio -- reportedly worth about $500 million -- after playing a similar game. The funds speculated on the price difference between two different sets of mortgage-backed securities. When interest rates rose quickly, the speculative scheme fell apart...
Jonathan M. Askin...
Bracelets made of cardboard hardly sound like stepping-out gear, but in California they are fast becoming fashionable. Recession Ware bracelets, offered in novelty shops for $2.50 each, are the latest gimmick from master Marketer Stephen Askin, 43, of Los Angeles. During the Iranian hostage crisis, Askin sold Ayatullah Dartboards. More recently he has developed aerosol cans of water labeled Nuclear Fallout Repellant. Even zanier is his Deeley Bobber, a glitter-coated headset that looks like insect antennae. In the past ten weeks an estimated 2 million bobbers have been sold at $2.99 each...
...Recession Ware, Askin appears to have yet another hit. Asserts he: "People are in the doldrums with the recession and want to say, 'I'm still happy despite everything.' " The baubles have been on sale around Los Angeles for only three weeks, and business has been strong, especially with the Beverly Hills crowd. Says Askin: "They're feeling a little left out in Beverly Hills, and they want to get in on the recession...