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...cuts and the setting of interest rates-which, even when they aren't enacted directly by the President, are introduced by his supporters. Krauthammer's view also ignores the blatant effect of government programs and spending on the economy. Budgets are a zero-sum game; you can't invest heavily at the same time in education, housing programs and the military. Each pattern of investment produces distinctly different outcomes, and budget priorities are principally determined by the President. If he cannot be held accountable for the state of his country, who can? Rebecca Graber Montreal...
...this for a sales pitch: we're going to take your money and invest it in an almost indescribably complex way. Some of our strategies may be similar to those that caused the infamous 1998 collapse of Long Term Capital Management, an investment house saved by a $3.6 billion injection from a collection of the financial world's biggest companies and the intervention of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Oh, and don't forget: we'll help ourselves to commissions of up to 20% of your gains, our products are barely regulated, they're not registered with the U.S. Securities...
...Liverpool to the attempt by Thaksin to buy part of the club suggests this tolerance of globalization has its limits. I very much doubt that those who don't want Thaksin's money care two hoots about his political record or the fact that he seems willing to invest Thai public funds in the club. What counts is that there is a local alternative on the table, from a lifelong fan who worked his way up from bricklayer to construction magnate. When they have a choice, it turns out, people will sometimes reject those associated with the glitzy world...
Cohen said financial considerations were not the driving force behind the decision but added that “I think I’d rather we hire more faculty and improve the faculty-student ratio than invest a huge amount of money in a research tank...
...tiny 750 a year, and of the 1,200 or so people who, like Zaoui, claim refugee status on arrival, fewer than 20% are accepted. "The easiest way in," he says, "is to get yourself a business visa, wear a $1,000 suit and say you want to invest in a New Zealand business." (It's been claimed al-Qaeda high-up Ayman al-Zawahiri visited New Zealand twice in the 1990s posing as a leather salesman, but Foreign Minister Goff says police have found no evidence for this.) Alternatively, Buchanan says, "you could come on a student visa...