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...limits on pay are set up to hit a number of high paid people at banks and brokerages. Putting restrictions on CEOs and top management compensation was expected to be a part of any plan to control the actions of companies which have received or will receive government funds to stay solvent. But, the new rules are set up to hit the pocket books of some of the financial firms' employees who bring their employers huges amounts of profit. ( See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...national bank is almost certain to follow practices which are unsound, which would not make it terribly different from the large firms that helped get the economy into trouble. Bank managements bought toxic assets two or three years ago. A government-controlled bank might offer mortgages at extremely low rates, rates so low that they clearly do not take into account the level of home loan defaults. From a policy standpoint, it may make "sense" to do that to help buttress the housing market. But, to some extent that moves the government's control of the credit system from nationalizing...
...focus on fundamentalist beliefs and hostility toward other religions back to the Catholic Church. His desire to reunite the modern Roman Catholic Church with several more conservative factions, such as the Society of St. Pius X, of which Williamson is a member, along with his steadfast condemnation of birth control and homosexuality, reveals a troubling pattern of conservatism during his reign. While the reunification of the Catholic Church is a commendable goal, Pope Benedict XVI must be more prudent in his actions in the future. He needs to show good faith toward the global community and in the future should...
...plays for both sides, but neither team managed to convert. Colgate came out swinging and turned up the pressure against the defense, with junior David McIntyre and senior Tom Riley taking tough shots against Carroll.“[Carroll] was pretty solid, and he was good with his rebound control, so I think he made a lot of good saves tonight, and he gave us a chance to win,” Donato said.But even though Harvard limited the Raiders’ chances, Colgate still managed to break through, as senior blueliner Jason Fredericks knocked a wrist shot into...
...Texas A & M University. In a study published last week in the scientific journal Public Library of Science ONE, Nagyvary argues that Stradivari probably had no idea what made his instruments special because the crucial factor, an externally applied varnish on the wood, was beyond his apprehension or control. (See pictures of things money can buy, including a violin...