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Growing up, Maiden said, he never thought he would become a chef, and spent a brief period in the U.S. Army. But cooking has always played a central part in his life. Growing up in the South, Maiden said that family dinners were always a special time...
...federal regulators determine the safety of banks, insurance companies, money-market mutual funds and other parts of the financial system. Over the summer, the SEC proposed some rules that would start the reform movement at home, undoing the agency's own dependence on the ratings agencies. (Read "A Brief History Of: Ratings Agencies...
...jointly suggested by committee members Patricia M. Nolan ’80 and Marc C. McGovern, failed by a 5-1 vote. Only Nolan voted in favor. Except for the mayor’s extended statement against the proposal, discussion among the committee members prior to the vote was brief. Simmons told the committee that she opposed the proposal because it had been introduced at an inappropriate time, not because she did not support the programs it would benefit. She also said that she thought it would be unfair to consider restoring funding for only these specific groups this late...
...projected this week that Mexico could contract by 4% to 5% this year, maybe more, which would put its recession in the same bottom tier as other hard-hit economies such as the U.K. and Japan, and rival that seen during Mexico's "tequila crisis" in 1995. (Read a brief history of the U.S.'s war on drugs...
...neighbor to the north that are often less than helpful (the free movement of assault rifles?), Mexico's story is one of the world's more encouraging ones over the past 20 years. You won't read that on the front pages of U.S. newspapers during Obama's brief trip, but you should...