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Chief Executive and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase Jamie L. Dimon spoke before the 900 graduating students of the Harvard Business School yesterday as part of HBS’ Class Day festivities. Both Dimon and student speaker Thomas C. Rajan struck melancholy tones in their remarks, emphasizing the need for greater reflection and responsibility among business executives in the current economic climate. The event was held on Baker Lawn in the afternoon, and light rain periodically fell as students and their families gathered to honor HBS professors, present the class gift, and celebrate the conclusion of their studies. Following brief remarks...
Carson's 30-year run inspired emulators from Joan Rivers to Chevy Chase, and his 1992 retirement prompted a bitter succession war between David Letterman, the sardonic host of NBC's Late Night, and Leno, a comedian. The network's choice of Leno prompted a round of musical chairs in which Letterman defected to CBS, making room for O'Brien--a gawky comedy writer with almost no on-air experience--to take over Late Night. While O'Brien moves to the top spot this month, Leno isn't going anywhere: he'll create a new 10 p.m. talk show...
...Reserve would last two days--not 28. Kelly flicks at Bear Stearns' backstory--how its eat-what-you-kill culture and deep dive into mortgage securities sowed the seeds of its demise--but the real draw is the book's surgical detail. The day Bear sold itself to JPMorgan Chase for a paltry $2 a share, its CEO, worn down by round-the-clock negotiations, stood in a Starbucks and softly cried as he waited for his coffee. Street Fighters won't hold up as the most comprehensive history of how high finance fell apart...
...proposals this spring. “Faculty, like students, wait till the deadline to get their proposals in—and after,” said Kenen, who added that about 80 course proposals came in around the March 20 deadline. But former Gen Ed committee member Alexander N. Chase-Levenson ’08 said that the committee was more concerned with the variety of courses available than their number. Gen Ed committee members admit that there is still be more work to be done. While the humanities category Aesthetic and Interpretative Understanding boasts 15 new Gen Ed courses?...
...cache of Iranian-made explosives near the Bakhshabad Dam in Farah province, a $2.2 million coalition-sponsored project set to boost power and water supply in the area. Gen. Malham Pohanyar, chief of the West Region border police, says other comparable findings abound. He says his men gave chase last week to arms smugglers who detonated their load as they fled in the dark.However, he concedes there is lack of hard proof implicating the Tehran regime...