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...Perhaps the main reason that people lose faith in their governments is that they believe the people in charge are either incompetent or dishonest. The average person must wonder whether anyone is in charge when the forecasts of bank failure rates are unbelievably low at the same time that the Administration is debating whether it may have to nationalize Citigroup (C) or Bank of America...
...Beyond the practicality of it, we’re striving for better inclusion,” he said. “When we lift out the letters, that inherently only gives you five categories to be in. You’re either...
...ambassador to Japan, echoed Allison’s statement, calling the nomination a “terrific choice” when rumors of Carter’s potential nomination first circulated. Though Carter is a leading expert on arms control, he has not spent his career in either government procurement or with the weapons industry besides his stint as Assistant Secretary of Defense. Instead Carter, who graduated from Yale with a degree in physics and medieval history and earned his doctorate at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, has worked at Harvard since 1984. —Staff writer Lauren...
...decade we’ve talked proudly of branding and luxury groups... Maybe the more sober business climate will put more emphasis on creativity.” Many designers at last week’s New York Fashion Week showed collections that were demure, either fearful that their clientele would not deign to purchase more outlandish clothing this coming fall, or that customers would be focusing instead on updating old standards, like coats and suits. Others, namely Marc Jacobs, chose to hearken back to times that they remember as freer or happier—the 1980s. They tended to become...
...intensity with which the spiffily attired investment brokers of the African Banking Corp. stare at their computer screens is misleading. A closer look reveals that they're either fiddling with iTunes or playing solitaire. Still, their boss, Seti Shumba, who moonlights as chairman of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, offers them smiles and pats on the back - he's just glad they showed up to work...