Word: peering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...prime shape when AmEx spat it out. To compensate for its relatively small size and skinny capital base, Lehman took risks that proved too large. To keep profits growing, Lehman borrowed huge sums relative to its size. Its debts were about 35 times its capital, far higher than its peer group's ratio. And it plunged heavily into real estate ventures that cratered...
Sophomores looking for course advice outnumbered freshmen, many of whom attended an ice cream social the previous night in Annenberg that featured concentration advising tables staffed by Peer Advising Fellows...
...gains still compare favorably given that they come during a bear market that has seen the S&P 500 index, a standard baseline for stock-market performance, drop more than 13 percent over the same period. The 8.6 percent gain puts Harvard comfortably in the top 5 percent of peer investment groups as measured by the Trust Universe Comparison Service and far outpaces the group’s median return of -4.4 percent over the year. Financial markets have declined dramatically in the past 12 months as the effects of high rates of home loan defaults tore through the economy...
...said they were using the impromptu slumber party as a social opportunity. Students sat in small circles playing poker, Jenga, and other games. “A lot of games being played, a lot of friends being made,” said Brooks Lambert-Sluder, program manager of the Peer Advising Fellows Program. “It’s a circumstance everyone seems to be okay with. There’s a lot of good humor, and I’m sure the problem will be solved soon,” Faust said in an interview. Faust remained...
UPDATE (2:42 a.m.): Lambert-Sluder has issued an e-mail to all Peer Advising Fellows, stating that power is back on in all Yard dorms...