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...searches for Kerviel exploded, as did news stories, and columns in the Financial Times. Everyone was covering the most spectacular rogue trader in financial history. Yet there is something even more surprising than the lack of controls that allowed for Kerviel’s scheme to work under the radar for over a year: the public’s reaction to the debacle...
After an initial blip on its Ivy title radar screen, the Harvard women’s basketball team seems to be humming right along once again.The Crimson got a wakeup call in a home loss to Dartmouth in the Ivy opener, but since then has reeled off three impressive league wins. In its most recent triumph Saturday night, Harvard (11-8, 3-1 Ivy) shot 55.3 percent in the first half to storm to an 18-point lead at the break, then coasted in the second frame to an easy 82-64 victory over Princeton...
...Czech Republic, which may be one reason why Washington chose the former Soviet-captive countries as prospective sites for its new missile-defense shield. Initially, the governments in Warsaw and Prague seemed ready enough to host the U.S. facilities - 10 interceptor missiles in northern Poland and associated radar stations in the Czech Republic - despite strenuous objections from Moscow. (While Washington insists the system's purpose is to guard against potential missile threats from North Korea and Iran, the Russians suspect it is the thin end of a wedge designed to neutralize their own nuclear missile deterrent.) But lately, even...
...wasn’t really surprised [by the results] because I think that young people tend to fall under the radar of polls,” said Thompson, noting that polls had predicted a tight race between Obama, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clindon, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards in the weeks leading up to the caucuses...
This December has been particularly bad for Delhi's domestic and international airports. An airport radar broke down on December 8 and some 40 flights were delayed. Thousands of passengers were left in the lurch. The onset of winter fog in December has also delayed scores of flights, despite the DGCA's much-publicized installation of the advanced CAT-III system to aid with low-visibility landings. It turns out that many of the new Indian domestic airlines, including some that fly internationally, do not have enough CAT-III trained pilots, not deeming it necessary because foggy conditions occur only...