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...tools like the Taylor Rule less relevant to the immediate challenges at hand, central bankers are finding themselves looking at stock and bond markets to help them decide what to do. The markets in turn are looking back at central banks, trying to guess how monetary policy will affect asset prices. It reminds us of the early Ozzy Osbourne lyrics: "You, looking at me, looking at you .../ I know you know I know...
...biggest asset, however, is the DPP's outgoing Chen. His administration has been so tarnished by corruption scandals that public confidence in the DPP has soured. Even First Lady Wu Shu-chen was indicted on charges of graft and forgery in 2006; she pled not guilty and a verdict has yet to be delivered. Fed-up voters carried the KMT to a landslide victory in legislative elections in January. (Ma was also indicted last year for misappropriating public funds but was cleared of wrongdoing by the courts. An appeal by prosecutors to the Supreme Court is now pending...
...course aims to equip participations with skills that enable them to better evaluate the opportunities and obstacles in South Asia’s booming real estate market. “Real estate is one of the areas where we think we can help most because it is the largest asset case in the world,” said John D. Macomber, lecturer of business administration at HBS and the seminar’s co-leader. According to its official description, the seminar is designed for “an elite group of senior executives” such as chief executive...
Many believe Paterson's collegial approach to governance could soothe a legislature rubbed raw by Spitzer's abrasiveness. His affability will be an asset in combative Albany. What's unclear is whether it will be enough to effectively lead a state whose government may be one the nation's most dysfunctional...
...responsibility which carries an array of unique and formidable challenges.But while experience in undergraduate administration is certainly a boon for any would-be College dean, the experience that Hammonds does possess—specifically, in leading major initiatives at the University-wide level—constitutes a major asset. We hope, then, that the selection of Hammonds further verifies what University leaders have been hinting for some time: that the authority and autonomy of the College dean will be meaningfully enhanced, empowering her to effect broader institutional change at the College than has been possible in the past.We have every...