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...trading. Hush-hush commissions. Corrupt executives. The recent torrent of headlines about mutual-fund scandals provides ample cause for outrage among investors. But if you're wondering how badly the industry's shenanigans have damaged your wallet, the answer is, probably not much. A Stanford University study found that overnight arbitraging in funds cost investors more than $4 billion a year. That's hardly a drop in the bucket, but it was widely diluted in a fund industry with $7 trillion in assets under management...
...Kashmir dispute to the United Nations, thereby turning it from a domestic matter into an international issue. (Tharoor's day job is as an under secretary-general of the U.N.) Then, in 1962, the Chinese invaded India-a crushing humiliation for Nehru, whose reputation as a world leader collapsed overnight...
...fend for yourself,” and restore our sense that we are all in this together. Our national strength comes first and foremost from the faith that we have in one another as fellow citizens and fellow human beings. Restoring the American community will not happen overnight, but it will happen over time, and it is a process we can each begin today...
...pipeline through hundreds of miles of rain forest to an electrical plant in neighboring Thailand. At that point, villagers contend, the government began to view them as another kind of natural resource to be exploited. Burmese troops were brought in to provide security and build infrastructure for the project. Overnight, claim the villagers, soldiers forced them at gunpoint to build army camps, helipads and roads. Many fled into the jungle, but others could not escape what they charge were terrible abuses. One victim, a slightly built, middle-aged rice farmer, told TIME of beatings by Burmese soldiers, who forced villagers...
...long boasted 24 hour convenience—and CVS started staying open overnight this fall—but Tommy’s closes at 2 a.m. during the week and at 4 a.m. on weekends...