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...hard to understand why most observers expect Wall Street to slide fast and far during trading Monday. It opened with an opening dive - its first dip below the 7,000 point bar in more than a decade. And why would the Dow resist the mega-tanking that bourses elsewhere experienced today, amid a flurry of dismal financial and economic news from virtually every corner of the globe...
...Evidence of just how bad the global recession is shaping up to be is building fast. The worst of the news Monday came with the announcement that financial insurance giant American International Group had lost $61.7 billion in the last quarter of 2008, the largest quarterly loss in corporate history. As the insurer of much of the toxic American mortgage debt that detonated the implosion of the world's finance markets, AIG is now also set to take on an additional $30 billion in U.S. government rescue funding beyond the record-setting $150 billion in aid it received last year...
...basketball (17-8, 9-2) traveled to Columbia University’s Dodge Fitness Center and showed the Lions (13-13, 6-6) that it is more than comfortable butting heads...literally. The Crimson defeated Columbia, 71-58, in the contact-laden bout that was a battle of rebounds, fast-breaks, and hard-earned trips to the foul line. Though Harvard held onto the lead for the entire game, its hands were slippery. The Lions made it clear that “it ain’t over till it’s over...
...often does, Tay turned on the afterburners in the second half. The Crimson created many fast break plays, isolating the Lions for 2-on-1 sprints to the basket off of heads-up outlet passes. More often than not, Tay was streaking down the left wing, waiting for the easy layup...
...from each visiting school, allowing those Harvard athletes who will not be traveling to Princeton, N.J. to race in the Ivy Championships this coming weekend a chance to swim in a championship-style meet. “[The ECAC meet] really gives everybody a chance to put on a fast swim suit and go at it and show how all the hard work pays off,” junior Rick McKellar said. Senior Mike Lin, who had personal-best times in each of his races for the contest, echoed McKellar’s sentiment. “The opportunity...