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...from a distance, it was clear the bullet-headed dealmaker Paulson was going to squeeze what he wanted out of Congress. Over the last six months, with the help of Tim Geithner at the New York Federal Reserve Bank and Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve, he has driven Bear Stearns into the arms of J. P. Morgan at a fire sale price; he has forced the board of Fannie Mae to enable a government takeover even though it meant devastation for shareholders; he has stared down Richard Fuld at Lehman Brothers, who thought he could bluff Paulson into saving...
...loss in the 2006 campaign, the Elizabethtown, N.C. natives bring a lot to the Crimson front line. Desmond, the elder of the two, stands at 6’5”, 280 pounds, while Brenton, at 6’3”, 235 pounds, is hardly fit to bear the title “little brother.” The two played together at East Bladen in Elizabethtown and have always enjoyed the joys and pressures of playing with a sibling. “You always know that you have your brother there, someone you can always relate...
...there is trouble in paradise. Industry stalwarts Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers have vanished into the ether, while fellow bulge-bracket Merrill Lynch was engulfed by Bank of America. Even the top firms Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have agreed to become bank holding companies, subjecting themselves to restrictive regulations in return for greater access to liquidity from...
...Harvard won their games with spectacular defensive shows, and merely formidable offensive outings. This weekend both teams are looking to improve and Saturday’s game could very well decide whether or not the Crimson repeat as Ivy Champions or whether there is a new dog, or perhaps bear, in town. In the official Ivy League pre-season poll, the Bears were chosen to finish third in the Ivies for the second year in a row, after the Crimson and Yale, tied for first in the same poll. But, Brown has the advantage of hosting both Harvard...
...plan is a subsidy to investors at taxpayers’ expense,” the professors wrote. “Investors who took risks to earn profits must also bear the losses...