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...pays for ratings, though, isn't the entire issue. In a speech in early April, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein put his finger on another deeply flawed part of the system: "Too many financial institutions and investors simply outsourced their risk management," he said. "Rather than undertake their own analysis, they relied on the rating agencies." In other words, the problem is not just the ratings agencies, but the way investors - from Wall Street firms to university endowments - have become mindlessly dependent on them. That is harder...
...become a part of the investor's way of thinking. Intel traded down because Wall St. read its comments as a "false positive." Investors look at its vague statements as being the equivalent of misleading. Intel clearly did not have any sinister intentions. It just hinted at something that isn't true because the broader economy does not lend it any credence...
...secret that in the world of Ivy League sports, most student-athletes will never set foot on a professional playing field in more than a spectator's capacity. Academics come first in the Ancient Eight, and because of that, the level of competition just isn't as high as it is in some other Division I athletic conferences...
Adams' paper is the latest in a number of recent studies that paint a grim fate for the world's forests if warming isn't slowed. A major Science study published in January found widespread increase in tree mortality rates in the western U.S., thanks in part to regional warming trends and growing water scarcity. Another study published last month, also in Science, found that even the seemingly limitless Amazon rainforest could be highly vulnerable to drought. And since living trees suck up CO2 from the atmosphere, massive tree mortality due to warming could produce a feedback effect, further intensifying...
...more warships to the region to beef up protective patrols. And President Barack Obama took a tough stance on Monday, saying, "I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region." But Gates made it clear that the real solution isn't on the high seas. Instead, it's back along the Somali coast in the impoverished villages and towns that the pirates call home. "As long as you've got this incredible number of poor people and the risks are relatively small," he said, "there's really...