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...NAME: Irish Brown COMPANY: Lehman Brothers TITLE: Senior vice president of diversity lateral recruiting...
...from sports scores to election results to the expected capture of al-Qaeda bigwig Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. Some of the best of those online markets: the Hollywood Stock Exchange, the Iowa Electronic Markets, Yahoo's Tech Buzz Game and PublicGyan. InTrade, run by the Trade Exchange Network, an Irish firm, cleared 50,000 contracts last month (including 10% odds that al-Zarqawi will be caught in 2005). "There's a tremendous demand for prediction," says Justin Wolfers, a markets expert at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "I can bet on the World Series or the next presidential...
...DIED. BEST MATE, 10, champion Irish-born steeplechase racehorse; in Exeter, England. A three-time winner of the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup and beloved by racegoers, the legendary gelding collapsed from a heart attack just before the last jump on the Exeter course as his trainer, Henrietta Knight, looked on. Known to millions of fans as "Matey," he had just returned to form after recuperating from a burst blood vessel. "He died doing what he loved, which was to race," said Knight, of the graceful, gutsy and reliable jumper...
...clear solution: 74% of women in the study want health- care coverage for up to two members of their extended families. Nontraditional families are such a fact of life for minority women that African-American banker Erika Irish Brown, 36, felt comfortable asking to place her fiancé's son on her health plan while she worked for a minority-owned media company. "I felt it was something that was accepted there," she says. "Women of color tend to bear greater responsibilities at home, and we need all the support we can get." She doesn't know whether the benefit would...
...losing to Notre Dame on Saturday, they will need to win their last three games—against relatively easy competition—to avoid missing out on a bowl. This from a team that was ranked No. 3 heading into the season and a legitimate title contender.The Fighting Irish need to win every game from here on out to secure a BCS appearance, and the road gets significantly easier after the meeting with Tennessee.Notre Dame will be geared up in front of the home crowd and should win this one going away.Final Score: Notre Dame 31, Tennessee 10Arizona State...