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...that reason, economist Touati says it's virtually impossible to make any credible market forecasts until investors and traders swap panicked reaction for their usual economic analysis and anticipation. When might that happen? Possibly sometime between spring and early summer, when the first signs of modestly positive economic data is expected...
...very broad audience now too. We had a 14-year-old compete in this year's tournament, which is fantastic. Last September, I ran a whole week of crosswords in the Times by teenagers. These are all regular contributors who happen to be teens. I thought, You know, why not? I wouldn't call crosswords "hip," but I think they appeal to a broader spectrum of people than they used...
...answer is that the catastrophic failures of the largest companies in three industries that are pillars of national commerce could not happen simultaneously if the financial world were not on the edge of disaster. It is impossible to underestimate the psychological damage that the failure of iconic institutions has on people who are already desperately afraid for their own futures. It is one thing to see a neighbor lose a home. It is another to see companies which have been at the heart of the American business world fall apart in a matter of months. The effect of watching titans...
...best.“I think they all know that they’re capable of playing better than they did today,” Stone said. “We’re looking for a little bit better effort from everybody, and hopefully good things will happen.”—Staff writer Kate Leist can be reached at kleist@fas.harvard.edu...
...Some human-rights advocates have called for the 250 prisoners at Guantánamo to be immediately charged or released. Unfortunately, this is overly idealistic and unlikely to happen. Nevertheless, they should not all be held indefinitely. If evidence has been provided against a detainee, she should be brought to trial. International law dictates that the United States can hold captured combatants without trial until the end of an armed conflict. But, since the global war on terror is itself indefinite in scope and duration, the best option is to prosecute suspects in either U.S. courts—where they...