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...about the whole affair. Chen has—excuse the pun—screwed herself over vis-à-vis jobs, relationships, and life. She can forget political office—no one’s going to be gunning to vet this petite nymphomaniac. And that job at Goldman seems unlikely too—how many investment banks want to hire the girl whose claim to fame is that she daily exposes her sex life online? And keeping up this sort of celebrity will be rough, because age is going to catch up with her at some point...
...backwater as money managers went elsewhere for a better deal. But in 1986, sweeping deregulation known as the Big Bang finally blew things wide open. Out went the late starts, long lunches and cartel practices beloved of London's fusty gents. In came U.S. investment bankers toiling for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and others, and, with them, a vital injection of talent and competitive instincts...
...growth to 2% in the third quarter, and even if the economy has strengthened a bit since, as many economists believe, its growth is still way below the blistering 5.6% rate of the first three months of 2006. Jim O'Neill, London-based head of global economic research for Goldman Sachs, says that even if the U.S. economy remains soft for much of the year, "we're pretty confident that the rest of the world will withstand it." So far at least, businesses ranging from Hong Kong electronics makers to German machine-tool producers are riding out a period...
...will it be a "happy slowdown," as Goldman's O'Neill predicts, or a meltdown? You can have your own debate; in the meantime, here are some of the key issues...
...Hank Paulson is trying to rectify that. Since he took over at the Treasury six months ago, the former Goldman Sachs CEO has made China the centerpiece of what will be his two-year run as the Administration's top economic policymaker. The December meeting in Beijing was the first of a series of biannual economic summits that are supposed to increase communication, with a specific focus on intermediate and longer-range economic issues. China's leaders "want to know that this relationship is being managed," explains Paulson during an interview in his ornate office at the Treasury Department...