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...Israeli government claims that the military operations in Gaza are a last resort to stop rocket attacks by Hamas and that all alternatives have been investigated. What about this: giving Palestinians a state and a future? It would only cost some land. Do Israelis value land more than hundreds of Palestinians' lives? Being strong does not mean winning wars but achieving peace. Is the Jewish state really as strong as it is depicted? Mohamed Kebaili, PARIS...
Self-publishing has gone from being the last resort of the desperate and talentless to something more like out-of-town tryouts for theater or the farm system in baseball. It's the last ripple of the Web 2.0 vibe finally washing up on publishing's remote shores. After YouTube and Wikipedia, the idea of user-generated content just isn't that freaky anymore...
...insurance scheme that will permit banks to buy cover against losses on bad loans in the hopes that this will encourage banks to start lending to Britain's cash-strapped companies and consumers. Also announced: a $74 billion scheme allowing the Bank of England - Britain's lender of last resort - to buy high-quality assets directly from financial institutions as well as other companies. An existing $370 billion plan granting a government guarantee on bonds issued by banks, earmarked to close in April, was extended to the end of 2009. And Northern Rock, the mortgage bank crippled by the credit...
...same time that the FDIC is drawing kudos for advocating for troubled borrowers, it is struggling with the higher expenses of doing business as the nation's bank dealer of last resort. And the rising cost of failures puts ever more pressure on the FDIC's insurance fund. In the first nine months of 2008, the fund had to pay out nearly $18 billion to depositors of failed institutions. At the end of the third quarter, the fund stood at $34.6 billion, down 34% from the end of 2007 to its lowest level since...
...close for four additional weeks this winter. "If something needs to be fed, it's going to be fed." If a zoo is really struggling with a budget deficit, Feldman notes, wealthier zoos can step in to take over the care of some animals. But "that's a last resort," he says...