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...virtually everything that comes out of this White House - which they consider one of the least environmentally friendly ever - feel differently. "If you thought the first 100 days of the Bush Administration were bad, just wait and see what the last 100 could bring," said Democratic Representative Edward Markey, chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming...
That is exactly the sort of top-down control financial firms now say they want. Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit vows to be a "hands-on participant" in risk management. In August, UBS chairman Peter Kurer broke the firm into three separate units partly because the old structure, he said, encouraged "the blurring of the true risk-reward profile of individual businesses." In July, the Institute of International Finance, which counts large banks and insurance companies among its members, put out a 174-page report detailing best practices in the wake of the financial crisis. Among them: developing a corporate culture...
...There is a very clear trend from our bellwether precincts that turnout for the Republican precincts are significantly exceeding [Democratic precincts]," said Lew Oliver, chairman of McCain's campaign in Orange County, Fla. "We think we're running 5% or 6% ahead, maybe as much as 10%. The enthusiasm is just enormous...
...Texas Parable, 11:30 a.m. E.T. Lorenzo Sadun, a University of Texas mathematics professor and Democratic precinct chairman, was canvassing his old Austin neighborhood last weekend when he spied a homemade McCain sign on a neighbor's lawn. Someone had stolen the official sign and his neighbor had been forced to improvise. "I was ashamed that my side, 'the good guys', would rip off his sign," Sadun told TIME in an email. "So I decided to replace it, partly as penance and partly to show him, and the neighborhood, that we really are the good guys." Sadun headed...
...economy is in meltdown, consumer spending is dwindling and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is seriously considering priming the monetary system with change he found inside his sofa. That just means you need a vacation more than ever - and the good news about the bad news is that the financial crisis has made some typically pricey destinations suddenly affordable...