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...later.) This lack of fear became a hothouse of greed and ignorance on Wall Street - and on Main Street as well. When greed exceeds fear, trouble follows. Wall Street has always been a greedy place and every decade or so it suffers a blow resulting in a bout of hand-wringing and regret, which always seems to be quickly forgotten...
...short sellers and their broker-dealers must deliver securities by the close of business on the settlement, three days after the sale. It's an answer to previous complaints about the prevalence of so-called "naked" short selling: that is, selling shares that you don't actually have in hand, and have not made arrangements to have. Naked shorting allows traders to potentially manipulate stocks. The SEC is also considering an emergency order forcing hedge funds, which employ short selling as part of their trading styles, that have a $100 million portfolio to report their short positions daily. The implicit...
...will also be plenty of opportunities for photographers and the general public to connect, including talks, workshops and portfolio reviews led by figures such as Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, founders of Houston's International Photography Biennial (popularly known as FotoFest). At satellite programs like View Finders, volunteers will hand cameras to people on the street and ask them to take pictures of their environment...
...take tea, those of us west of the Mississippi were dismayed that you did not mention the spectacular Dushanbe teahouse in Boulder, Colorado. The only Central Asian teahouse in the Western Hemisphere and a gift from our impoverished sister city, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, it is exquisitely decorated with hand-carved and hand-painted ceilings, tables, stools and interior wood columns. It is an extraordinary work of art that never fails to enhance the experience of sipping the world's finest teas. George Peknik, Boulder, Colorado...
...bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—an action the Bush administration had repeatedly denied it would take in the past few years —to this week’s announcement of an $85 billion loan for AIG, the Federal Reserve has offered a steadying hand in our current financial crisis. Though one might argue that the explicit mandate of the Federal Reserve is to maintain growth and control inflation, no two goals are more closely wedded to the economic well-being of the average worker and consumer. Therefore, it is essential that the government support...