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...could anyone guarantee that $700 billion, as staggering a figure as that is, would be enough to get the job done. After all, the people who would be brought in to do the deals would come from some of the very Wall Street firms that caused this problem in the first place. But as unpalatable as it is to bail out the wealthy financiers whose greed got the economy into this mess--and to do it, no less, in an election year when voters are already furious--the trio maintained that not doing it would be even worse. "We just...
...bailout is just the beginning. Even if it works, that still leaves the job of making sure it never happens again. Congress needs to remake the 1930s-era patchwork of various federal agencies that oversee banks and financial institutions. "There's so much that needs to be done, so much work," Paulson said. "Some people want to say there's too little regulation. It's not that. It's just outdated, outmoded, ineffective. The architecture was put in place in a different era, and it hasn't kept pace with the evolving financial markets...
...have played with Hancock and Lenny Kravitz respectively. Their appearance is part of an annual attempt at innovation. “It’s not often you see a jazz band led by drummers,” Balkin said. “We’ve never done anything quite like this.” The indoor component, unlike tomorrow’s performances, is a paid event attracting more serious jazz fans that enjoy a more formal, controlled environment. “One’s not better,” Carrington said...
...thing about Harvard’s commitment to accentuate a milestone in what has been a very long process and one that will extend over the next several decades,” he said. While recognizing that this is an important step, Clark emphasized that more needs to be done to formulate a multifaceted plan. “Harvard needs to rise to other challenges,” he said, including its water use, and the carbon emissions generated by Harvard’s energy production. But for now, the symbolic role of Gore’s presence...
...spend a lot of time in a hardhat down inside of the thing, connecting cables, making sure things are done correctly, that kind of stuff,” said da Costa, currently on site at CERN...