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...game as gentlemanly as cricket, yelling "cheat" is not done lightly. Imagine the shock, therefore, when cricket's ruling council formally announced last week that almost every bowler in the history of the game had played fast and loose with the rules...
...difficult to ascertain how widespread shadow banking is throughout China. Beijing University economist Shen Minggao estimates that two-thirds of all financial activity in Zhejiang takes place outside the formal banking system. Local regulators do nothing to discourage informal lending because it funnels capital to vital, fast-growing businesses. But national economic conditions could now make it more difficult to look the other way. For one thing, China's inflation rate has crept above 5% while interest on savings deposits remains about 2%. In other words, Chinese lose money when they park cash in legitimate banks. It now appears that...
...popped” collarbone in the final play of Penn’s 16-15 victory over Princeton on Nov. 6. After not practicing for much of the week, the Penn signal caller attempted to throw on Thursday but did not appear to be healing fast enough to be ready in time for the game. On Friday, however, McDermott was much improved and gave the Quakers hope that he could be used, even if only sparingly...
...entrepreneur that RSS might also turn out to spell really stunning success. As the Web grows ever more labyrinthine and unwieldy, an increasing number of sites are turning to RSS to make the quest for content - whether it's stock tips, headlines, sports news or even the latest iTunes - fast and easy. Given that RSS users are easily identifiable and telegraph their specific interests, it's no surprise that advertisers are salivating, too. "We think the future of news delivery is going to be a mixture of specific brands [like CNN or the New York Times] and aggregated RSS feeds...
...Fast forward, 1:00 a.m.: Jacki just started her class work two hours ago and is in Kirkland basement e-mailing her multiple organizations and getting her papers and problem sets done. Michael is asleep...