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...surgery. Clark has tried to rest Fucito for the latter parts of games when possible, but it is unlikely that he will have that luxury tomorrow in such a vital match. The Crimson is yet to win this season at an opponent’s ground, and will be eager to put an end to that under the lights in Providence. The Harvard players certainly are aware of the importance of the match. After all, they have been waiting a year for this weekend. “We know that our season is in the balance,” Sager...
...Replace the fat guy with a trim, L.A.-chic woman named Stacey Snider. Snider, the highly fashionable Co-Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios and former CEO of Universal Pictures, recently spoke at Harvard’s Women in Business Intercollegiate Business Convention, addressing over 700 ambitious young women eager to be the next leading lady. The key to becoming the (wo)man on top, she said, was a lesson she learned in an agency mailroom—namely, “Don’t be limited by your job description.”Snider originally intended...
...Enter Hugo Chavez, the boastful believer in “21st century socialism” who is eager for Russian economic and military support, just as he has been in the past with Iran and Cuba. Yet in the last year, the Venezuelan president has seen his political star begin to fade: After losing a crucial referendum that would have allowed him to remain in power indefinitely last December, Chavez has attempted to distract Venezuelans’ attention from the dire economic situation at home with a lot of show abroad...
...From an economic perspective, however, Russian problems seem miniscule compared to those faced by its newfound Latin American ally. In an electoral year, Chavez is eager to regain popular support, but the oil-producing country has contracted its growth forecasts due to lack of investment. As inflation reaches over 30 percent per year, the government has increased public sector salaries, a populist move that will only worsen inflationary pressures. Despite the sky-high oil prices, Venezuela is not able to grow its production because the government has used all the money for clientelist programs, rather than securing future investment. Unsurprisingly...
...also tried to structure the deal so that banks have an incentive to raise private capital to buy back the shares from the government. Private investors can get the same terms as the government, but not better terms, according to a Treasury official. It's not clear how eager private investors will be to jump in. And in theory, if the banks' stock prices rise, the taxpayer would benefit as the government is bought...