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...under a fresh chairwoman and a new President, is reopening the debate. On Wednesday it will host a roundtable discussion with the heads of both major and minor credit-rating agencies as well as investors and academic experts. "We're inviting a lot of the people who have had some very interesting ideas about what would be a better model," SEC chairwoman Mary Schapiro told Congress in March. "There have been some very thoughtful proposals put out there...
...address "the oligopoly in the rating industry" and overreliance on ratings in the SEC's rules. "These requirements - which accord privileged status only to ratings from certain firms - have served to elevate ... ratings to a status that does not reflect the actual purpose, much less the limitations, of credit ratings," she said...
...concentrator you’d better have a deep appreciation for the who, what, when, where, and why of what you’re reading. One of the great things about the concentration is that it allows you to sample many extra-departmental courses and count them for concentration credit. As the oldest Harvard concentration, Hist & Lit tends to kick it old school, with a heavy emphasis on tutorials, small classes, and personal attention for concentrators. A less fortunate aspect of the old school method: lots of hard work. An application is required to enter the concentration; other requisites include...
...stuff can be very stigmatizing... I was scared that it would mess up my career.”Bezreh later confronted her fear by creating the short film “Naughty Garden” and starring in the HBO special “Real Sex: Porn 101: XXXtra Credit,” a documentary about her making the film. “For me,” she said. “I had to go overboard.”“Naughty Garden,” which cast several MIT and Harvard students...
...credit cards among college students has risen to an all-time high, according to a report released Monday by student loan company Sallie Mae. According to the report, college students own an average of 4.6 credit cards, and the mean credit card debt has increased from $2,169 in 2004 to $3,173 last year. But students who discussed credit card use with their parents were less likely to overspend, according to the report. “Students indicated that they wanted more information about smart money management and they wanted it earlier than even college,” said...