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...when favorite Grubman stocks like Global Crossing, WorldCom and Winstar began to slide in 2000, so did Grubman's clout. He has come to embody everything that went wrong on Wall Street in the late '90s, as it blended investment advice with investment banking. That mix was long taboo, yet Grubman brazenly played both roles and once boasted that "what used to be a conflict is now a synergy...
Crazy? Not at all. Think of it in basic rebalancing terms. Three years ago, stocks had soared, bonds had been creamed, and cash was for wimps. Rigorous rebalancing would have had you sell stocks and buy bonds and cash equivalents to keep your overall asset mix in line--a move that today would look like genius. Now throw real estate into the mix. Soaring home prices have left millions of homeowners--especially on the coasts and in hot cities like Denver--sitting on piles of loot. Lately, prices have been cooling in some cities. But that's after doubling over...
...because he was just tired of criticism from the left and right. Labor rival Haim Ramon says Mitzna is all "bullshit and baloney." Mitzna left the army in 1993 and later that year became mayor of Haifa, one of the few places in Israel where Jewish and Arab citizens mix relatively easily. Mitzna has earned credit for that among Israeli Arabs, more than 80% of whom boycotted the last election. But one group of Arabs won't be persuaded. Islamist groups are eager to step up their suicide bombings before the election with the aim of pushing Israelis still farther...
...excited that I knew who the rapper was,” she says. “From then on, he thought I was really cool and even tried to ask me out on a date.” According to Daniel’s students, college-age teachers mix it up in a good way. “A lot of times student teachers are better because they’re younger,” says Julia Widdig, a seventh-grader in Daniel’s class. Aliazar Asefa, an eighth grade student, pipes in, “It?...
...steals, and making the All-Chicago Catholic League team twice. He had a complicated role with the Crusaders—spot shooter, occasional ball-handler and—on a team with no post players taller than 6’2 his senior year—sometimes had to mix it up in the paint as well...