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...inflation and cool unsustainably fast economic growth teamed up to quash investor enthusiasm for China stocks, Olympics or no Olympics. But might there still be a lingering chance that the Games will give China's economy a shot of adrenaline and lift stocks later this year? Many investors have heard of the "January effect." Is there an "Olympics effect...
Presidential candidates must be salespeople of the first order. They take to the stump peddling their ideas and watch which issues catch voters' eyes and which ones leave them cold. The environment has always been one of those no-sale issues. In 2000, Al Gore couldn't even get heard on the subject--and his advisers told him to stop trying...
Then he stops himself, having noticed the looks from the guys gathered around the table. They aren't rock stars; they're airline executives who work in outposts of the Virgin empire--San Francisco, Geneva and Brisbane--and they've heard this story before. Rather than bore them, Branson spends the next couple of hours dishing with his crew. Whose airport lounge can passengers use in San Francisco? (Alaska Airlines.) Is anyone making money flying direct to India? (American is, Chicago--New Delhi.) Which U.S. carrier will fall next? (ATA shuts days later.) We all gossip a bit about...
...every midseason success like “Grey’s Anatomy,” there must be at least five shows that meet the fate of “The Return of Jezebel James.” You’ve probably never heard of “Jezebel James,” and since it was cancelled last month, you probably will never hear of it again. It’s become a part of an ever-growing panoply of ultra-fast television failures, shows that barely squeak onto the scene before they’re silenced. While...
David L. Rice ’10 is really special. In a campus filled with economics and English concentrators, Rice took the road never-before-traveled and chose to concentrate in “Esoteric Studies - Mysticism and Modernism.” Haven’t heard of it? Neither had Harvard—until Rice created it.After extensively exploring both the History and Folklore and Mythology departments, Rice found that none of the established concentrations offered by the College fit his interdisciplinary interests. So, after a grueling application process, Rice became one of the 21 undergraduates pursuing degrees through...