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...again. Not unless you structure a deal in such a way that we simply cannot lose. Otherwise, goodbye. That, in effect, is what Sameer Al Ansari, the CEO of Dubai International Capital, told Wall Street earlier this summer. He had had discussions "with all the people you'd expect" in the pantheon of U.S. finance regarding a possible investment from his fund, he told TIME. Wisely, it turns out, he told all of them no - and then set out on a tour of China to look at direct investments in companies that produce something other than toxic collateralized debt obligations...
...Lollipop” and “Got Money” (featuring the perpetually auto-tuned T-Pain), Lil’ Wayne has covered his bases and ensured complete dominance of the pop charts. The material on the album doesn’t depart far from what we expect. Weezy loves to tell us stories of the women with whom he’s had domestic relations, describe the sports cars he drives, and explain the benjamin baths he takes to clean off after a hard day’s work in the studio. But “Tha Carter...
...started,” she said. But she added that a newfound sense of community has emerged in Houston as “a lot of neighbors are helping each other out” in this time of crisis. Many in the storm-prone region did not expect Ike, a Category 2 hurricane, to wreak so much havoc. While Akinfenwa said that his family boarded up the windows for Hurricane Rita in September of 2005, they did not do so for Ike. In preparation, Kodama’s family had only bought food for a few days. Tough times remain...
...Fiscal Year 2009, we expect to see a continuation of the process of financial market de-leveraging,” the managers wrote, referring to the increased difficulty of borrowing. “This process will likely create periods of disruption and market volatility...
...figures are one in a periodic series of indications that "Americans live in an enchanted world," and engage in a kind of casual mysticism independent of established religious ritual, doctrine or theology. "There is," he says, a "much broader uncharted range of religious experience among the populace than we expect." Just possibly, Baylor has begun to chart...