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...John Chrin, a Lehigh University alum, says the dean of Lehigh's business school approached him late last year to find out if Chrin knew of any Wall Streeters looking for a new career. The dean wanted to expose the students to someone with real-world finance experience at a time when the financial markets seemed more confused than ever. Chrin had just completed one of the most notable acquisitions of his career, advising his firm, JPMorgan Chase, on the purchase of Bear Stearns. In mid-January, Chrin called the dean to say he had found someone: himself...
...short term, they would focus on encouraging their state representatives to support Gore’s initiative. “Our larger campaign of demonstrating support for bold and ambitious action on climate change here in Massachusetts will have an effect on the climate negotiations through our Senator John Kerry,” said Craig S. Altemose, co-coordinator of Massachusetts Power Shift, a state network of climate activists. “The more we can show him support exists in our state for strong solutions, the better he will be able to negotiate a strong treaty...
...Hannity, Beck, and Cavuto were not the only high-profile participants at the tea parties; speakers included such partisan figures as former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, Republican Louisiana Senator David Vitter, Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry, and former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey. FreedomWorks, a group founded by Armey, was one of the largest sponsors of the day’s events...
...African-American students are at one table. This wasn’t in the folder! This wasn’t in the folder! How can I complete my group of multi-ethnic friends as seen in the admissions brochure? I head to the back. Look at that statue. John Adams! My favorite. A closer look...Shit! The alarm! Run, just run. They might rescind my admission—or hurt my chances of enrolling in Freshman Seminar 34[1/2]x: “Chastity in an Age of Cyber Warfare...
...John Moody anticipated this problem when he published the first Moody’s Analyses of Railroad Investments in 1909. Moody prefaced the book with a note about its scope, cautioning that it was “in no sense a ‘manual’” and instead a tool to enable investors to “analyze the conditions back of all security values.” Like his future competitors, Moody specifically intended his credit ratings to enable analysis rather than be ends in themselves. Nonetheless, by 1970, when the firm switched...