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...House financial services committee, announced a series of initiatives to restructure financial regulation, create a new financial services uber-regulator and stiffen restrictions on Wall Street's complex financial tools for issuing credit and raising capital. His proposals had strong backing in the Democratic caucus, according to Brendan Daly, spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. What's more, in what Democrats say is a sign of the changing environment in the wake of the Bear Stearns collapse, the Senate this week will take up a new housing bill that was previously blocked by Republicans. Treasury's move, say the Democrats...
...better athlete, Tiger Woods or Derek Jeter? -Brendan Ripp, Wilton, Conn.Well, they remind me of each other. Of course I had Derek, and then when I met Tiger for the first time I looked in his eyes and I had a very familiar sight. It just looked like hunger for the top position, and I don't think there's anybody in better shape than Tiger Woods. I think he could probably play any sport he wants to. I can't say that to Derek even though Derek has a special presence on a ball club...
...Irish Road Safety Authority last week to revive a popular 1970s ditty called the "Safe Cross Code," which exhorts six easy steps (including "look for a safe place" and "don't hurry") for safe street crossing. But even the classics can sometimes afford a little modernization: the Irish musician Brendan Grace has agreed to re-record the old-time jingle as a cell-phone ringtone, which can now be downloaded for a fee that goes toward supporting national traffic-safety programs...
...Crimson is as good a pick as any to emerge from Ivy ranks that feature unprecedented parity—leading publication Baseball America tabbed it the preseason favorite—and Jenkins is among the candidates for the second-base job vacated by last year’s captain Brendan Byrne ’07.“It’s an open position right now—I think we’re all going to get a shot,” Jenkins says of second base. “Hopefully, I’ll do my best...
...race, as junior Tim Parent finished third with a time of 1:53.74, Lynch finished fourth in 1:53.78, and freshman Evan Schindewolf took sixth in 1:54.45. Saturday’s action proved no different for the Crimson as the relay team of McKellar, Melillo, senior Brendan Mitchell, and Taylor combined for a second-place showing in the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:33.00, just half of a second off the pace set by the winning Seton Hall squad. “Everyone swam really well,” Melillo said. “We?...