Word: peering
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...Radio Mercora www.mercora.com Got a fabulous digital music collection, but don't like breaking the law to share it? This peer-to-peer service is legal, because listeners don't actually download any music. Instead, they stream music on their computers that is webcast over the Internet by other members. (The company does have to pay webcasting royalties to copyright holders, and charges some user fees to cover them.) The offerings are listed in the traditional peer-to-peer way, noting artist, album, song title-in this case, the one currently playing-and source. Basic service is free, but limited...
...Greenberg is in deep trouble. State and federal investigators have been poring over AIG's books for months. Greenberg's own board--led by longtime peer and pal Frank Zarb, who for years was his quietly designated successor should the worst happen--lost faith and pushed him to resign, first as CEO and then as chairman, in March. New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed civil fraud charges in May, accusing Greenberg of orchestrating "sham transactions" that hid losses and inflated AIG's net worth. Just last week he resigned from AIG's board, ending his last official...
...Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin, who advised 22 freshmen as a proctor this year, says that students will always need someone impartial and unbiased to talk to about sensitive academic issues—such as poor performance in a class—who is not a peer...
Dingman says any changes in the undergraduate housing system, or moves toward peer-to-peer advising, would be executed so freshmen could enjoy “more meaningful interaction with upperclassmen...
Differences abound in how individual departments advise their concentrators. From the personnel involved—everyone from graduate students, peer advisers, faculty within and without the department, and House tutors—to the various scheduling methods for advising—by appointment, walk-in, or published office hours—it is not always easy for concentrators to get the information they need to choose the best classes or stay on track with requirements...