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...TALF program (Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility), funded with up to $200 billion, was created to provide liquidity to the market for securitized nonbank consumer loans. The prospective buyers of such securities would be hedge funds and investment firms...
...making some foreign governments nervous. Australia blocked the Minmetals deal with Oz, citing national security, forcing the Chinese firm to revise the offer to exclude a valuable gold and copper mine. And Libya exercised its option to buy Venerex Energy, a producer based in Calgary, Canada, whose biggest asset is an oil and gas field 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Tripoli. That thwarted a $390 million bid that China National Petroleum Corp. had made to acquire Venerex. Beijing hasn't done itself any favors either. It blocked--on antitrust grounds that analysts considered flimsy--a bid by Coca-Cola...
...very broad perspective leading a large financial institution through these times,” said second-year MBA student Filipp M. Brunshteyn. During the economic crisis, JPMorgan has at times been at the center of the media spotlight, purchasing Bear Sterns’ assets last March after the investment bank’s collapse. JPMorgan also accepted $25 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program last October. Second-year MBA student Mahshid Pirzadeh said students were looking forward to hearing what Wall Street firms are doing right. “It will be interesting to gain his perspective on future...
...their defense, these academics are trying to cull universal lessons from particular cases, and a common vocabulary eases this task. The predictive ability that scientific methodology affords is also an asset. But some political scientists want to quantify the unquantifiable. No equation can capture the emotion essential to politics, and getting a feel for human nature from the study of history is more beneficial than tinkering with inherently flawed models...
...easily did away with their opponents in straight sets. At the bottom of the lineup, Jania and Laciny tamed their Lion counterparts with 6-4, 6-2 and 7-5, 6-2 wins, respectively.Harvard’s depth has been a major asset this season, as the team is getting production from all spots of its lineup. According to Green, the team is becoming more dangerous because all players are improving and different players have stepped up every week.Next weekend, the Crimson will host Penn and a nationally-ranked Princeton team. The Tigers should prove to be formidable opponents...