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...Every day, OneSeason rolls out IPOs of new players, which now includes everyone from Kobe Bryant to Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler. (Saturday hockey star Sidney Crosby debuts!) Each IPO is priced at $5 per share, and after that, the share price is determined by basic supply and demand. Fantasy sports enthusiasts, who are used to obsessing over player stats, may be surprised to find that prices aren't tied to specific performance criteria - touchdowns, home runs, rebounds. So if Peyton Manning throws five touchdown passes on Sunday, his price won't automatically shoot...
...sure, all lending hasn't been wiped off the face of the planet. Community banks, credit unions and firms that lend money against receivables are in many cases booming. Sterling National Bank, a regional player in the Northeast, has taken out newspaper advertisements asking "What Credit Crunch?" and highlighting loans it has recently made - a $5 million revolving line of credit to fund sales growth, $4 million worth of credit and lease-financing to buy IT systems and software...
...making it one of the grimmest days in the history of European finance. Among the high-profile casualties were Fortis, Belgium's largest bank; the venerable British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley; and Germany's Hypo Real Estate, which has a massive $560 billion balance sheet and is a big player in the domestic securities market. As the governments stepped in, the message they sent to the public was supposed to be reassuring: Don't panic - your money is safe. Most European nations have some sort of deposit insurance that would reimburse account holders, at least up to a point...
...Overtime has got nothing to do with how good of a water polo player you are—it’s about heart and hustle,” Farrar said...
...heavily on sophomore Gordon Hood, who haunted the Crimson with a hat trick ten days ago. The visitors have averaged a healthy 10.5 goals per game this season and bring an impressive a three-game winning streak to Cambridge.“They have a great two-meter offensive player,” explained senior co-captain David Tune, referencing Hood’s early season performance. “We have a special defense prepared to deal with him.”However, even with the concern of the Bears’ offense, Tune noted that the team?...