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...Many experts predict that given the complex interdependence of the Big Three and the network of small companies that supply them, a bankruptcy of even one could lead to a ripple effect that could jeopardize as many as 2.5 million jobs. Now the fate of those jobs, and the already tanking economy, are in the hands of a lame-duck President whom most Americans blame for the country's current woes...
...1990s, Madoff used his success as a market maker to help launch an asset-management firm. Madoff raised money for his fund by exploiting his social network, often courting investors at country clubs where he or family members belonged. At the Palm Beach Country Club, Madoff reportedly found a major investor who helped attract other members for Madoff's fund...
...Cairo, Beydulla learned of the Scholars at Risk Program, a network created in the past decade at over 90 U.S. institutions, including Harvard, as well as over 45 international institutions...
...working with administrators and taking students’ advice,” Schwartz said. But he added that he also knows “how to turn to students,” something he said he did in centralizing Harvard’s mental-health services into an accessible network for students...
Corruption, impunity, the backdrop of violence since the country's brutal civil war that stretched from the 1960s into the '90s and a well-entrenched organized crime network make Guatemala fertile ground for the narcotics business. A series of weak, infiltrated governments have been unable or unwilling to reverse the tide. "People perceive a breakdown of authority and really the authorities are the traffickers," says ambassador McFarland. In areas of high drug activity, the population has little choice but to align itself with the traffickers, says Godoy, the former Guatemalan Interior Ministry official. Plus, in a country where some...