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...have very different definitions of what is proprietary trading. Goldman and others are defining proprietary trading as the day-to-day money these firms risk in the markets, buying and selling stocks and bonds. Volcker seems to want to limit not just this trading but also the big long-term bets banks make on real estate, mortgages and other securities...
...victory suggested that Republicans might catch, or even pass, the Democrats in technological know-how in the coming campaign season. The Brown campaign employed iPhone apps, YouTube videos, hash tags and Facebook to turn a long-shot, shoestring campaign into a much broader political movement. Coakley, says Rob Willington, Brown's social-media strategist, never knew what she was up against. "We ran circles around her," he says. "It was incredible." (See the best social-networking applications...
...family and friends was more exciting than anything going on outside. The 2009 presidential election and subsequent rise of the opposition Green Movement changed that. Nonetheless, innumerable Iranians will see the final season of Lost through to the end. "People are very excited about Season 6. They have waited long enough for it," says Ghazaleh. The executive producers of Lost have already promised viewers that not every single mystery will be answered. It remains an open question whether the various plot points of Lost will be resolved before the current political situation in Iran...
...China's long, slow return to great-power status is of historic importance and something that will lead to recalibrations of many diplomatic relationships, including that between Washington and Beijing. But as foolish as it would be to ignore this, it's equally foolish to see too much novelty in headline-grabbing stories that fit neatly within established patterns. Chinese officials have expressed outrage before about meetings between foreign leaders and the Dalai Lama. And the Taiwan arms tale follows an even more familiar script. There's nothing new about a U.S. Administration announcing, as Obama's just did, that...
...possible at home, and it is as much a sign of insecurity as it is one of bravado. They see a value in deflecting criticism of the government over issues like corruption, as well as distracting the population from worrying about whether the economic good times will last long enough for those who have so far been left behind to get a chance to enjoy them. Similarly, when American politicians change their rhetoric about or policies toward China, we should remember that this is often done with an eye on how this will play in Peoria. (See pictures of President...