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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...
...This year, my team entered into its second year as a competitive squad, receiving a bid to the crème-de-la-crème of collegiate cheerleading competitions—NCA Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. Yet, this amazing accomplishment soon became overshadowed with the costs of the expedition, totaling a whopping $16,000 for entrance fees, travel expenses and lodging. Between practices, two-a-week basketball games, and fundraising to account for the hefty costs, the time commitment to cheerleading began to look like that of a varsity athlete...
...House Masters: Wild card. Current housemasters Jim and Sue McCarthy bid farewell and welcome the Christakis—a lovely couple who has promised to continue the McCarthy's tradition of BBQ ribs every fortnight...
...assuming, of course, that they fulfill all the requirements of membership in the near future. This would have major implications for regional stability: Serbia would be discouraged from trying to reclaim Kosovo by force because of the consequences such an action would have for its EU membership bid...
...membership, is stalled in the accession process because of a border dispute with its neighbor, Slovenia. Montenegro, another flourishing Balkan state, is currently trying to apply for EU membership, but the current global economic state has made the EU leadership cautious about further expansion. Macedonia’s bid, although weaker than Croatia’s or Montenegro’s, cannot move forward because Greece argues that Macedonia’s name suggests an aspiration to the Greek province of the same name...