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...Kashkari, who grew up outside Akron, Ohio, has been neck deep in the mortgage mess for the past year. In the summer of 2007, Paulson tasked him with assessing plans to untangle the housing mess, and this year he launched a program to funnel money to struggling mortgage holders facing foreclosure. Though Kashkari is a Republican who gave $2,000 to George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, a spokesman for Congressman Barney Frank, the liberal head of the House Financial Services Committee, calls him "very knowledgeable and very smart...
Over the decades, the firm has survived its share of crises, including the Long-Term Capital Management hedge-fund blowup in 1998 that cost Goldman $1 billion. But the lessons learned and applied may be why the company isn't neck-deep in blood today. As ambitious as its cutthroat competitors, Goldman didn't go completely mad during the past decade when it came to, say, overleveraging itself or overvaluing dicey assets...
...escaped notice during de-population of the cages. I pointed out the chicken to a co-worker. He said, ‘I’m going to kill it.’ The worker held the hen upside down by her legs, as he attempted to break her neck. He then dropped the bird onto the floor … She struggled frantically – her wings flapping violently as he stood on her. Then the worker kicked her into the [manure] pit. I saw her struggle briefly in manure before sinking in.” Gemperle Enterprises...
...have always thought that living alone would be frightening. What if I broke my neck and no one was there to find me? What if something exciting happened and there was no one there to listen to my story? If anything is evident in “Olive Kitteridge” it is that these are concerns that haunt most everyone. Loneliness is horrifying, and misery is unavoidable. But thanks to Elizabeth Strout’s indomitable characters and the empathetic way she treats them, the stories are also an enjoyable read.“Olive Kitteridge?...
...dashed up to the platform and with a howl of despair threw himself in front of the oncoming train.Unfortunately, the fairground ride was already slowing down. It pulled to a stop a good foot and a half before the man’s twitching form.After craning his neck to judge the damage outisde, the engineer shook his head disgustedly and spat out the miniature window.Felicity had already risen from her seat in distress. Ollie rushed to her side.“Mamma mia!” he said, feeling shocked himself. “Dat manna try to kill himself...