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...January 23rd, nobody had heard of Jérôme Kerviel. He was just another junior trader at France’s second largest bank, Société G??nérale. A day later, his name headlined nearly every major financial daily across the globe. Although his desk was limited to about $180 million in positions, Kerviel had forged passwords, faked control e-mails, and fabricated hedges in order to go well beyond the limit. He had learned all the necessary control tricks to pull off this feat during his time at the bank?...
...Today, several voices have called for more regulation of investment banks like Société G??nérale. Speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School, French Socialist leader Segoléne Royal cited the Kerviel case as an example of why a sort of global regulatory central bank is needed. Royal may be right: Regulation, like good risk management, may help curb moral hazard. But this is just part of the solution...
...Kerviel, 31, a futures trader from a second-tier business school, had worked at Socit G??nrale since...
...Every time Robin Williams wears a George Washington-esque wig. 4. If you feel awkward for Williams after Linney breaks the news on Thanksgiving that he never should have won. Worst Thanksgiving ever. 5. Every time Laura Linney says “double b’s, double g??s, double l’s,” which summarizes the machine’s computer flaws. Computer errors would never be that simple. 6. When TIME Magazine crowns Robin Williams’s character “Man of the Year.” Hey, it?...
...that. SPD is not listed in medical texts or in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM), the bible of psychiatric disorders. Doctors acknowledge sensory issues as a common feature of autism and a frequent feature of ADHD but not as a stand-alone disorder. Lucy Jane Miller, a former protg?? of Ayres and head of the STAR Center, is spearheading a campaign to change that. She has organized a national effort to have SPD added to the next edition of the DSM, the fifth, due out in 2012. Earning a spot in the DSM V would make it easier...