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...easy. Russia voted for the U.N. resolution but still adamantly opposes action. France wants a second resolution to approve actual air strikes. Clinton may have to decide whether to go ahead with only fractured allied support. For a President facing possible impeachment hearings, that's a big load to take on. "He won't be able to escape the accusation that he's attacking to divert attention from the scandal," admits an Administration official...
...geniuses. While the term hedge refers to techniques for reducing risk, funds such as Meriwether's often do just the opposite by using vast sums of borrowed money to make highly speculative bets in global markets. At the peak of its borrowing, the secretive fund reportedly carried a debt load 100 times as great as its net assets, or ownership capital. This would be like putting down $1,000 of your own money to buy a $100,000 house--in a flood plain on the San Andreas fault. "Most hedge-fund managers believe that a leverage ratio in excess...
...taxes on the value of your portfolio at the time of the big switch, so now that the Dow has gone south, it might be wise to roll back into a traditional tax-deferred IRA and then instantly reconvert into a tax-free Roth, potentially lightening your tax load come next April 15. But don't wait too long to roll over: the IRS could amend the rules this fall to restrict the tricky savings maneuver...
...feels like a big load has come off of our shoulders," freshman defender James Hutcherson said. "Our team chemistry is now starting to come together and we're all more confident...
Most Harvard undergraduates tend to load their plates with demanding classes, activities and jobs, but second semester senior Annapurna K. Duleep's lastest extracurricular outdoes them all: marriage. Whether Duleep and husband Kevin Hill will find happiness with one foot in the Yard may be tied to the success of recently married couples...