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...time of pessimistic forecasts and rising fear, many toxic assets are probably worth more than the bank models or credit-default-swap indexes suggest. For example, a recent reading of the ABX index puts the value of even the highest-rated subprime mortgage bonds created in 2007 at only 27% of their precrunch prices. Yes, Americans are behind on their mortgages, but even the most pessimistic prognostications do not predict that 73% of home loans will become worthless. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money...
...assumes a much higher sea-level rise than previous studies. The 1.4 m figure used in the Pacific Institute report - which comes from research by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography - is considerably higher than the estimates put forth in the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) most recent assessment in 2007, which projected a sea-level rise of 18 to 59 cm by 2100. But the IPCC numbers were based on older data and took into account only the thermal expansion of the seas. (Water expands as it heats, so warmer seas rise.) The IPCC did not factor...
...Skeptics might point out other, more tangible culprits responsible for the loss that undermined Harvard’s recent dominance over its conference opponents and kept the team out of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. They might look to an irresponsible Crimson penalty for having too many players on the ice that set up the power play in which RPI scored the game-ending goal. They might credit Engineer goalie Sonja van der Bliek for playing the game of her life, registering a career-high 48 saves to lead her team to the tourney?...
...Harvard’s support for entrepreneurship on campus is a relatively recent development. It has been rumored that Harvard College once had a loose and often unenforced rule that students were prohibited from running businesses out of their dorm rooms. However, the current FAS Handbook for Students vaguely states that students are allowed to partake in “modest levels of business activities on campus,” provided that they do not violate other College rules regarding residential life or use of Harvard’s name and resources...
...figure emerging now, Seoul-based North Korea analysts believe, is Kim's brother-in-law Chang Sung-taek. Chang is close to North Korea's politically powerful military - he has two brothers who are generals. If anything, analysts believe, the military's influence has increased in recent months. The problem with that, for both Obama and the rest of the outside world, is that there is little to no evidence that North Korea's generals want to make a deal on their nuclear program - now, later or ever. The best way they could signal that point would be to launch...