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...valuable to look at the shares of GE through the eyes of common sense. The company has lost $300 billion of market capitalization in about a year. During the same period, Citigroup has lost $130 billion in market cap. Bank of America has lost $200 billion. Since GE's financial services business is not the majority of its revenue, the destruction of it market value seems extreme. Balance sheet jockeys would say that the trouble the market fears is hidden within GE's asset base and will jump out to eviscerate earnings soon. So far there is no sign that...
...head of the former line is beleaguered giant Citigroup, which is currently negotiating with the Treasury Department to swap common stock in the company for some of the $45 billion in preferred stock that the government has purchased so far to shore up the bank's finances. The advantages for Citi are that it wouldn't have to pay dividends on the common stock, and certain capital ratios would improve. In return, the government would get more of an upside if Citi were to return to health, plus effective control of the company. Whether the government's stake would rise...
...Equally unsettling are the justifications that students offer for their decisions. The truth is that the most common mental health problems faced by students are, in fact, highly treatable. Moreover, in many cases there are multiple ways to address a given problem—meaning that treatment is also highly flexible and efficient. Much of the stigma and shame that students feel when they struggle with emotional distress comes from the widely held belief that their experience is uncommon. In reality, emotional distress is very common among college students, including those who go to Harvard. In a recent survey...
...wasn’t used to that sort of environment,” she said of the practice of soliciting votes from council members through personal meetings which is a common tactic among candidates in committee elections. “I was really adamant let’s not sit down with everybody,” she said. “I had this philosophical objection to being in this really political position...
...pieces written by students on this page are wonderful examples of students sharing their experience and knowledge. Students lead by example when they speak without embarrassment about their treatment, or about feeling overwhelmed and finding help in conversations with friends and counselors. They teach us that emotional distress is common and remind us that we are more than a psychiatric diagnosis...