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...concealment that's helped some of our bigger financial enterprises get away with murder," Representative Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, told TIME. He said taxpayers are majority shareholders who are "entitled to know how company money is being spent" without the data's being "dressed up with the benefit of high-priced media folks." (Read "Five Lessons from the AIG Bonus Blowup...
...even beginning to grow again. But if there's consensus that things are looking up for China in the short term, there's little agreement on two crucial questions that inevitably accompany these signs of life in the world's third-largest economy: will anyone but Chinese benefit from Beijing's apparent success in heading off the worst effects of the economic crisis? And, if the rebound is real, will it last...
...many Harvard classes, students benefit from the chance to drop a dismal midterm or wayward problem set. Unfortunately for Crimson baseball, there is no such provision for a single devastating inning. Harvard (7-20, 5-3 Ivy League) allowed six runs in the second against Bryant University (24-9) in an 8-2 defeat yesterday during an otherwise even contest in Smithfield, R.I.The Crimson could not muster much of an offensive charge against Bulldogs senior starter Dan Lozeau, who strung together an effective 5.2 innings, yielding two earned runs on seven hits.“We had a few opportunities...
...recommend that the College’s philosophy in housing students during January 2010 not be focused on if students absolutely need to be on campus, but rather on if students will benefit from being on campus for a certain activity,” the paper stated. The document will be submitted to a vote of the entire Council on Sunday...
...charge of Church orthodoxy, Levada will take over the reins of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, which has for nearly two decades been responsible for dealing with the Lefebvre followers. The Cardinal says the process will benefit from his congregation's body of some 30 theological advisers as well as from regular consultations with other key Vatican offices...