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This fall, the tense, compelling Fringe (Fox, Tuesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.) is a 21st century X-Files, with a difference. The conspiracy this time is called The Pattern: someone or something is performing experiments, using humans as guinea pigs. The passengers and crew of a transatlantic flight are skeletonized by flesh-eating bacteria; a prostitute is impregnated with a fetus that gestates, painfully, to term within hours...
...what finally forced Paulson's hand? Pressure mounted from abroad when Ireland, the U.K., France and Germany moved almost sequentially to insure deposits and recapitalize banks--nearly $3 trillion worth. For the Treasury to fail to match that offer would have risked a capital flight by institutional depositors that could have started emptying U.S. banks...
...Since Medvedev and his calculating predecessor-turned-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin intervened in Georgia in August, relations between Moscow and the United States and European Union have been frosty. Though many hawks argue the Western powers were not forceful enough, Russia has paid for its bellicosity with capital flight. According to Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, the country has lost between $10 and $15 billion of foreign direct investment and its stock market is down close to 50 percent this year. Despite the global financial crisis affecting all markets, a considerable part of such downturns for energy-rich Russia...
...crawl into a cave, close your eyes for the winter and emerge to a stabler market. But you can at least guarantee yourself a few good hours of shut-eye at night or on your next flight. To help you achieve total blackout and quality REMs, we've road-tested a variety of eye masks on the market...
...Harvard sailing team competed in two regattas last weekend. Despite trying water conditions, the Crimson made its presence known with strong performances against top-flight teams...