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Sure, the economy is in crisis mode and the U.S. has probably entered a recession, but at least we can make fun of the suits who made it happen. Or who watched it happen. Or who were powerless to stop it. That's why Sad Guys on Trading Floors is such a hit (and why TIME ran something similar a few weeks...
...Elysée officials say it's impossible to know what a congress of nearly 20 national leaders will yield. "The fact that President Bush agreed to the summit is, in our view, a very significant development in itself," says Sarkozy spokesman Franck Louvrier. "As to exactly what will happen, it's too soon to know." So much for Sarkozy's swagger in insisting on major revision to aspects of the 1944 Bretton Woods treaty."Europe wants it," he said. "Europe demands it. Europe will get it." But observers suggest what emerges may not be exactly what Europe...
...capital cannot access the commercial paper market, which is generally reserved for companies with good credit. What's more, while the Treasury is urging banks to boost lending in the wake of the government's $250 billion investment into these firms, industry observers are skeptical that it will actually happen. "The idea that more capital is going to influence how much banks lend is a misconception of how banking works," says John Simons of Corporate Fuel Partners, who has spent 35 years in the commercial banking business. "Banks look at the economic outlook when deciding to make a loan...
...Though we were enjoying our walk immensely, we began to wonder when we would happen upon the buffalo that had so enticed us initially. As the trees grew denser, our buffalo dreams started to fade. Just when we had given up all hope of viewing the fabled bison, we found them. But they were not, as I had inexplicably imagined, majestic and docile creatures roaming free on a wide-open plain, allowing themselves to be petted or even ridden by a worthy human such as myself. Instead there were maybe four buffalo lounging in a chain-link enclosure...
...recently, one driver erupted in a public tiff with a DHL delivery man who had parked his van slightly in the shuttle’s way. Something is definitely going on with the shuttle these days. “I’ve seen so many ridiculous things happen on the shuttle,” says Sara M. Flood ’10, a Pforzheimer resident. “Once, some guy stepped up onto the back of the shuttle and held on while he was drinking a beer!” Passengers are witnesses to absurdities that take place...