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...early 1990s, as the U.S. got its fiscal house in order, the capital inflows from overseas shrank. Late in the decade, they returned, with a twist: foreign investors and companies were buying into corporate America to get in on an economic boom. That boom ended in 2001. But the Bush Administration soon began running deficits, and foreigners discovered an American financial product to which they'd never paid much heed before: mortgage securities...
...size iceberg suddenly implodes, disintegrating like a collapsing skyscraper. I watch as a plume of mist fills the air where the iceberg once was, while the fjord churns on. And then I wonder, Just how much time do Greenland and the rest of us have before it's too late? That may be up to us--and the heroes we choose to follow...
...financial markets should be the final economic act of a Republican President was made all the more stunning by the sight of no less a free-marketeer than Vice President Dick Cheney being dispatched to the Hill to sell it to furious Republicans. But Congress is coming late to this crisis. Paulson, Bernanke and Geithner--whose conference calls can number more than half a dozen a day--have been quietly trying to keep the ship in the channel for months. Treasury Secretary Paulson, 62, was one of Wall Street's toughest dealmakers as CEO of Goldman Sachs. Fed chief Bernanke...
...doing so, Lee, 51, has become one of three New York directors - all diminutive, all accomplished - who are so well known, and whose movies constitute such a vivid collective biography of the city in the late 20th century, that strangers seeing them on the street are likely to hail them by their first names: "Woody!" "Marty!" "Spike...
...TOWSON (1-3)Columbia worked hard last year to establish its role as the Ivy League kingdom’s court jester, going winless in the Ancient Eight while finishing 1-9 overall. But the Lions showed some pride last week, scoring 22 second quarter points before Fordham rallied late in the game to take the win.Newly minted starting quarterback Shane Kelly showed a penchant for the deep ball against the Rams, and star wideout Austin Knowlin provides an enticing target.Also, who the hell is Towson?Prediction: Columbia 24, Towson 17PENN (0-1) AT LAFAYETTE (2-0)In Harvard?...