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...What has been left out of the news reports about the strong-arming of Lewis is whether it was ethical. It may have been the only approach to take in Paulson and Bernanke's views. The SEC may claim that the action was not legal because Lewis had an obligation to disclose the conversation to both his board and to his shareholders. He was being asked to act against the interests of the bank he runs in the name of the national interest...
...experts claim to know why people buy branded products, but there are probably as many reasons as there are people. All Apple cares about is that their customers have enough money to buy an iPhone, iPod, or Mac. Suckers have money...
...biggest problem with letting banks go over their grades is that, if they can argue with the government in private, they can take those arguments public. Banks told that they must raise capital can debate the judgment and claim that the entire program is flawed. That may cause shareholders and Wall St. analysts to question the value of the entire process and whether it creates an accurate gauge of bank balance sheets and future prospects...
...Such support seems consistent with Harris’ resume, which includes a bachelor’s and Ph.D. degree from Columbia—one of the few remaining universities that can lay claim to a required great books curriculum. In the late 1980s, Harris even taught in the university’s Core program, which emphasizes a grounding in canonical texts. Damrosch and Armitage—also Columbia expatriates—once taught in the same curriculum...
...crews will also be competing for the Vogel Cup, awarded to the squad with the most overall points in the day’s five races. Last year, Princeton took the Goldthwait Cup by winning the varsity eight, but Yale took the other four races to claim the Vogel Cup. The Crimson finished third in four of the five races and finished second in the freshman eight. The Harvard heavyweights, meanwhile, have an intriguing matchup of their own in Annapolis, Md., where they will face Navy and Penn for the Adams Cup. The No. 4 Crimson is looking...