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...under increased scrutiny as a result of the global recession, however, the Fed chief saw fit to grant the first television interview since his appointment to 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. The last time a Fed chair gave a television interview was in 1987 when Alan Greenspan appeared on Meet the Press - an interview that was followed the next week by the largest single-day drop in stock market history. So why Bernanke's change of heart? He responded to that question quite plainly: "It's an extraordinary time. This is a chance for me, I think, to talk...
...paper it holds or is just making a public insult about the flaws in American capitalism may never be known. What is known is that the financial markets have enough concern about Treasuries now to support a market for insuring U.S. debt in the event that the government cannot meet its obligations in the future. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...student and BLSA member, said she attended the event to learn about topics that aren’t brought up on a daily basis and also to interact with a larger community. Similarly, freelance business consultant Melanie Morris, a Boston resident, said she was there to network and to meet people of color who share her interests and goals. One of the speeches that attendees, including Morris, looked forward to the most was Nagin’s keynote address. Nagin, who gave the speech at Friday’s dinner, delivered the message that challenges are everywhere and that odds...
...guaranteed her a berth in the NCAAs, a coveted spot that hasn’t always been easy for Christensen to get. “My freshman and sophomore year, I was one or two centimeters away both years, so last year, to even finally make it into the meet was such a great thing,” Christensen said. “To actually come out of it ranked fourth after being ranked last going in was great.” But Christensen was not at her best this weekend. “Some days it?...
Commanders at Bucca say they'll only hand over detainees to the nine Iraqi facilities that are regularly inspected by the U.S Justice Department and meet basic humanitarian conditions. They're also building a new prison in Taji, north of Baghdad, with 5,600 beds. The plan is to continue to release most of the Bucca detainees and transition the high-threat inmates over to Taji, train Iraqi staff there and then turn the entire facility over to the Iraqi corrections system. Bucca is expected to be closed by July, and the U.S wants to be out of the detention...