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...Whatever world leaders decide, some economists believe that the dollar cannot avoid some deterioration. As other nations and regions gain in wealth and economic influence, the U.S. economy will slowly lose its preeminence and the dollar its stature as the undisputed world currency. Harvard's Frankel foresees that the supremacy of the dollar will erode over the next 15 years or so, with other currencies, like the euro, making inroads and forming a system in which multiple currencies share the world stage. "This is the last major crisis in which the dollar is viewed as a safe haven," Frankel predicts...
...good job taking control.” The second varsity eight scored the first victory of the day, topping the Hoyas by 3.9 seconds with a finishing time of 6:37. Both teams were in the race from the start, and neither was able to gain an advantage in the first 1000 meters. “Around the 1000-meter mark, we started moving away from them and then finished off the race trying to get as big a lead as we could,” Khandelwal said. The victory displayed the depth of the Black and White?...
...interest rates on its debt. But instead of rising, the report said rates fell “rapidly,” forcing Harvard to meet large collateral requirements.The report added that since the decline came in the fair value of the portfolio, or the amount that Harvard would gain by terminating the swaps (or lose, in the case of a negative value), the liquidity drain could be reversed if rates rise again in the future. As of October, the University would have had to pay $571 million to terminate its interest rate swap portfolio, according to a December report from...
OpenSkies is named after the deregulatory policy that frees airlines to add new city-to-city routes beyond their once protected home turf. OpenSkies chose Amsterdam and bought another business-class fledgling, L'Avion, to gain access to Paris and slots at Orly and share costs and culture. BA doesn't fly to those places from New York City, and it sure as heck isn't going to undercut its own lucrative business-class traffic to London...
...books is also exquisite, with the Loeb Greek and Latin classics in one room, more exotic Chinese history in another, and historical theory on the third floor. Indeed, the Hicks House Library is a microcosm of Harvard itself: intellectual, studious, and exclusive—but not impossible to gain access...