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...questions involve what happens to everybody in between. The various federal banking agencies on Monday announced the procedures by which they will convert preferred shares to common stock at troubled banks, and later this week they will begin the promised "stress tests" of the assets of the country's 20 biggest banks. But nobody knows yet how tough those tests will be - and to be honest, nobody knows how tough they should...
...could use the additional money to make more loans. The government is reportedly in talks with Citigroup to take ownership of as much as 40% of that bank. But that stake may come not from an additional investment but from converting the government's existing preferred shares to regular common shares. (See the 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...common complaint among students like Martel is that OCS can seem like a restaurant with a chef who is hard of hearing: no matter what you order, you get the same dish...
...Cabot, Lamont, and Widener libraries. The program, which may cut costs, will encourage collaboration between librarians and will help fill staff vacancies remaining empty as a result of the staff hiring freeze announced in November, Brainard said. In addition, HCL will stop manually sifting and processing individual issues of common periodicals when they arrive at the library. Though less vigilant processing poses a “bit of a risk,” Brainard said staff could be put to better use by focusing on the more unpredictable, uncommon serials. The cost reduction measures come after Faculty of Arts...
...Kennel Club Dog Show got underway in New York, sheriffs were raiding a puppy mill in Sparta, Tenn. The emaciated dogs that sheriffs hauled from cramped wire cages could not have looked more different than the pampered pooches atop pedestals in Madison Square Garden. But they hinted at a common ailment: the commodification of our nation’s dogs...