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...even clear how Geithner would run such a complicated sale. Previously he talked about using an auction or a reverse auction (in which sellers bid prices lower to attract buyers). Now Administration officials say they may just expand a new program run by the Federal Reserve. That program, the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), is designed to spur consumer lending by stimulating sales of securitized consumer loans. The New York Federal Reserve has had to extend the application period because of market qualms, though Talbott says interest is building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geithner Faces Questions as He Prepares to Roll Out Toxic-Asset Plan | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

While he acknowledged that finding “the right kind of tenants” in order to attract customers and foot-traffic is difficult given Allston’s current state, he said that filling property vacancies is crucial to improving the existing neighborhood and would not require expensive new construction projects...

Author: By Bora Fezga and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Allston Looks for ‘Creative Solutions’ | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...AADT and how this year’s show reflects the mission of this organization. The Harvard Crimson (THC): What makes this year’s Eastbound performance so special? Jieliang Hao (JH): Every year we improve a lot based on past years. This year we managed to attract outside choreographers—someone from Expressions [Dance Company], as well as a South Asian choreographer. Since this is the seniors’ last performance, they are going all out. We also have a lot of incoming freshman that are really talented. The spirit is great this year. In the program...

Author: By Brianne Corcoran, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hao Dishes on Eastbound | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...nature of history, adolescent angst, and pedophilia—the themes of the play “The History Boys” by English playwright Alan Bennett—will always attract varying interpretations. “One of the biggest things that frustrates me is that people summarize it as a humorous schoolboy comedy,” says Mia P. Walker ’10, director of the show’s latest incarnation opening tonight at the Loeb Ex. Walker, who is also a Crimson Arts writer, is seeking to draw out the play’s more...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Making History at the Loeb Ex | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

While the overall number of such incidents in Germany has actually gone down very slightly over the past three decades, those that do occur attract much more public attention, especially school shootings. "These days the ritualization of the deed is often very pronounced - thus the mask and combat gear," Adler says. "For the perpetrator, the choice of weapon, for instance, is very important as a way to define his dangerousness." The bodies of the slain are still lying where they fell in the high school, waiting for the attention of crime scene staff and medical examiners. German politicians across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany Reels from Deadly School Shooting | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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