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Still, it's clear that Morgan has taken a different road out of the financial crisis than its closest rival, Goldman Sachs. In the past year, Goldman has dramatically ramped up its trading desk. That move has led to big profits in the past year but the firm has also opened itself up to bigger losses should its traders get things wrong. Based on its trading activity now, Goldman says it could lose as much as $250 million in a day should its bets go wrong, up 30% from a year ago. What's more, even though Goldman has become...
...phones are safe. The "majority of studies published have failed to show an association between exposure to radio-frequency from a cell phone and health problems," states the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its website. But concerns are high enough that the Senate on Sept. 14 held hearings - led by Democratic Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a brain-cancer survivor - to examine the subject. The outcome: inconclusive. ?The current [industry] safety standards are not sufficiently supported," says Dariusz Leszczynski, a Finnish radiation researcher who spoke at the hearing, "because of the very limited research on human volunteers, children...
This year, 17 class marshal finalists were selected as opposed to 16 in past years, a change which raised speculation among several students that a technical error had led to an additional student being placed among the finalists...
...think she did really well,” sophomore Jeanne Mack said. “In her first collegiate race, she came out with a bang. It was impressive, and I’m excited about her as a member of the team.” Mack led a trio of second-years—including Kailyn Kuzmuk and Nicole Cochran—that finished just behind Silva to give Harvard a strong lead pack. All three runners managed a pace of 6:15 or better, and Mack was less than two seconds behind second-place finisher Alexandra Lizzarib...
Still, in his book, Erikson describes how increased cultural-exchange activity at the end of the 20th century led to more robust public discussion and independent journalism in Cuba by the start of the 21st century - enough so, he writes, that an alarmed Fidel Castro cracked down with sweeping arrests of dissidents and writers in 2003. Despite that setback, exchange advocates feel it's time to start again. The point, they say, is that even if Juanes meant nothing by shouting "Cuba libre!," it was enough if he got some of those 1 million Cubans wondering what he did mean...