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...calls a "stress test". The criteria that will be used, among others, is how a bank will do if unemployment rises to 10% and housing prices drop another 25%. Those conducting the tests don't think the economy will get that bad, but they plan to set the bar as high as possible...
...players, he had his eyes on the all-time Long Island scoring record of 236 goals shared by Crimson players Max Motschwiller ’09 and Dean Gibbons ’11. Two U.S. Lacrosse All-American Awards and 260 career goals later, Jeff Cohen had set the bar high before stepping foot on campus. So, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when Cohen led all scorers with a hat trick and threw in an assist during Harvard’s 9-6 upset win at then-No. 5 Duke on Sunday, earning...
...dinner leaves you thirsting for more of the resort's 10,000 bottles of wine, head to the Wine Bar, where you can enjoy informal tastings with sensational cheeses selected by the maître de fromage or, even more tantalizingly, various types of chocolate. Forget the beach and sun this Maldivian holiday, and give your taste buds a buzz instead...
...productive" as once thought. For one thing, the cruise lines still have to pay for all the new megaships they're launching these days. With more families and seniors forgoing cruises, Celebrity was smart to give its Solstice a more contemporary design for younger travelers, including a special bar for vodka-and-caviar tastings. That Russian delicacy might be out of synch with the economic times - but at fares this cheap, nostrovya...
...shadowy network of partners in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, most likely with funds funneled out of Zimbabwe's coffers. Mugabe is reviled by many of his countrymen and much of the world for the corruption and cronyism of his regime, and extensive U.S. and European Union economic sanctions bar him and his associates from visiting or conducting financial affairs in the West. So the former champion of anticolonial revolution has over the years turned toward the wealthier climes of Southeast Asia, where he once could count on significant support and still does among private circles of businessmen and politicos...