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...judge from the media coverage--the instant prime-time TV specials; the nonstop frenzy on CNN and in the newspapers; the rapid, rabid airing of the most lurid speculation--you would think Michael Jackson's arrest on charges of molesting a 12-year-old boy was the surprise ending of a story rather than the next and perhaps last act in a tale that threatens to carry with it a tragic inevitability...
...expect people to be expert in everything. We live in a very complex time--complex interrelationships, rapid global change. The system would benefit enormously from a better understanding of these dynamics among Americans and among those who affect policy. It would create a political environment that would produce more sound decisions...
...technology develops at this rapid pace, it becomes more and more essential for any successful professional to have an international perspective,” Brogan wrote in an e-mail. “The opportunity to study abroad will give students the better developed world-view they will need when they move beyond the law school...
...become clear with the alarming testimony of Stephen Cutler, enforcement director of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who spoke at hearings before the Senate last week. The SEC has so far examined records from 88 of the largest mutual funds in the country, looking for evidence of market timing--rapid, short-term trading that most mutual funds try to discourage because it drives up costs for other investors--and late trading, the illegal practice of allowing investors to trade after hours using outdated prices...
...Phillips says. Details about fund expenses, for example, could reveal whether market timing is inflating transaction costs. Academics estimate that late trading costs investors $400 million a year and market timing $4 billion to $5 billion. Aggressive fees for short-term trades would show that a fund is discouraging rapid trading, a signal of market timing...