Word: chris
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...fumed John Mack, CEO of Morgan Stanley, in a memo to employees. "You should know that the Management Committee and I are taking every step possible to stop this irresponsible action in the market. We have talked to Secretary [Hank] Paulson and the Treasury. We have talked to Chairman [Chris] Cox and the SEC." Cox is listening, and is reportedly proposing a temporary ban on short selling, subject to approval by the SEC's commissioners. If short sellers could be rounded up and roasted as heretics to the true bull market religion, there'd be a rush of people from...
There's a furious argument over whether shorts hastened the demise of Lehman and AIG, cutting the off their oxygen when it was desperately needed. And some have laid the blame at the feet of SEC commissioner Cox. "Chris Cox is responsible for the largest destruction of wealth in U.S. history," hissed Mad Money maestro Jim Cramer on his CNBC show on Tuesday. "Because of Cox, the shorts won." (Republican nominee John McCain called Thursday for Cox to be fired - the same Cox some conservatives touted as a possible running mate earlier this year. President Bush said he fully supports...
...forced Harvard head coach Jamie Clark to make a few tactical adjustments midway through the first half. The introduction of attackers Fucito and fellow classmate Walter Diaz further shifted the onus of keeping a clean sheet from the Rams’ backline and onto the hands of junior keeper Chris Pennock.Harvard mustered four shot attempts in the last 15 minutes of the half but Pennock stood on his head and stopped a valiant effort in the 45th minute by Fucito. The England-native would finish the night with seven saves.The second half presented a similarly difficult challenge as the first...
...Senior Chris Pizzotti is back behind center for the Crimson after being the Ancient Eight’s top-rated quarterback in 2007, and Preseason All-American Andrew Berry, a senior cornerback, leads a fearsome Harvard defensive unit...
...accident that Bill Clinton tried to pigeonhole Obama in the primaries as another Jesse Jackson, or that Michelle Obama introduced her family at the convention as a new version of the Cosbys (or the Bradys). Obama's opponents want him to look niche, like BET or Chris Rock or the NBA; his challenge is to prove that he's also attractive to the ABC and Dane Cook and MLB crowds. During the primaries, Joe Biden took flak for his dopey description of Obama as "the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking...