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...believe that some of these actors could have gone on to even greater things professionally had the label not been stuck on them. Many of them were serious actors who had studied with important teachers and had received rave reviews. On the other hand, the label is such a big part now of their chapter in pop-culture history, so it's kind of hard to imagine them without...
Shortly after the financial crisis, many predicted that employees of firms that either failed or nearly failed would have a hard time finding work on Wall Street, given the poor economic conditions and the stigma of their previous employer. What's more, news that Merrill Lynch had paid out big bonuses despite huge losses on the eve of being bought out by BofA made the investment bank and its executives in early 2009 the poster children for bad behavior on Wall Street. (See the worst business deals...
...stumbled in the financial crisis are turning out to be hot commodities. Merrill Lynch is not alone. The failures of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns have produced hunting grounds for other firms as well. But either because Merrill was a larger firm or because it didn't have as big a role in sparking the credit crisis as Lehman or Bear, it seems that no firm on Wall Street these days is without a former top executive from Merrill Lynch...
Despite the scholarly bent of “Frame by Frame,” a few families were in attendance. Cambridge mother Alix Kepner had taken her nine year-old daughter Gemma to see the exhibition. “We’re big Pixar fans,” explained Kepner when asked about what had brought them to the Carpenter Center. Talking about her favorite film, “Going Up,” Gemma said, “I liked the script.” When her mother commented that the film in question did not feature...
...taken one penalty after another, back-to-back, to give them a 5-on-3, and obviously that’s not how you want to start a first period against any team, but Tyler’s goal was big,” Northeastern coach Greg Cronin said. “I mean, those shorthanded goals are bonus points, and I thought our team responded really well after that.,,Tonight, we were a little sluggish, but that goal obviously woke us up a bit. We got a little sloppy in the second, but that goal was a big goal...