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...Reacting to Bezruchka's analysis, economists note several important caveats. First, mortality rates are a broad-brush health measurement and do not take into account nonfatal illnesses or fatal illnesses that take several years to develop, such as cancer. Furthermore, a study published in recent months contradicts the findings Bezruchka focuses on, suggesting that recessions are at best neutral in their impact on mortality. Writing in the Lancet in July, a team of American and British researchers said it found that the decrease in traffic deaths during recessions in Europe between 1970 and 2007 was offset by increases in suicides...
...Mexican indices increased from roughly $291 million to $472 million. The University reportedly bought nearly seven million shares in an ETF tracking Taiwanese indices—reversing its earlier decision to sell the two million shares it had in the fund as of last September. Other investments of note include over $55 million in an ETF tracking Russian indices, and multi-million dollar repurchases of shares in mining giant BHP Billiton and oil and gas producer China National Offshore Oil Corporation. While the value of Harvard’s equity investments has increased, it remains modest compared to where...
...Italy's sports pages duly took note of other Muslim players who observe Ramadan with varying degrees of strictness, including Siena's Abdel Kader Ghezzal, an Algerian who scored a goal against AC Milan on Saturday. Though a practicing Muslim, Ghezzal says he does not fast on training and game days during Ramadan. Inter's Muntari is more observant, though he reportedly ate pasta at lunch on Sunday, while refusing water before the match. Most imams say there are just a few groups of people exempted from the daytime fast, including pregnant women, the sick and the elderly. Though...
...then it was clear that Kerry's 2004 run left at least one enduring mark on American politics. On the wall of Kerry's office hangs his invitation to President Obama's Inauguration. In the center of the glass is a handwritten note from Obama. It reads, "I'm here because of you." Kerry, of course, had picked Obama to deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention - the speech that launched Obama into superstardom. Kerry decided to endorse Obama in late 2007 and went public in early 2008. After Obama won, Kerry spent several weeks on the short...
...Lawrence G. McDonald was one of those traders, and in his rendering of Lehman's demise--nimbly told with novelist Patrick Robinson--the bond traders are the smart guys, the real estate dealmakers are the bad guys, and the folks in charge are the idiots. What McDonald fails to note--even while illustrating it with an arrogant panache--is that Wall Street's egotism was hardly confined to Lehman's executive suite. This time it was mortgages; next time it will be something else...