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What do you do when business is down? Tell your employees to take a vacation - an unpaid one. That's how Taiwanese companies are handling the tough economic times as they try to avoid layoffs and retain skilled workers...
...market, not the FDIC's dealmaking prowess. Sources close to the IndyMac sale said there were only a handful of submitted bids, not all of which were to buy the whole bank. And while the FDIC has had to take on some troubled assets, the agency has retained just 4% of the assets of the banks that have failed. That's far less than what it has had to retain in the past. In the S&L crisis, the FDIC was on average swallowing nearly 80% of the troubled assets of failed banks. What's more, the FDIC says...
...Egypt is reportedly proposing that an immediate truce, in which Israeli forces retain their current positions but advance no farther, be followed by negotiations of a full withdrawal and reopening of the crossings. Egypt will most likely agree to enhanced mechanisms for policing the smugglers' tunnels, but those tunnels were also Gaza's economic lifeline, and Egypt will insist they can be closed only if the legitimate crossings into Gaza are reopened to allow the flow of normal humanitarian and commercial traffic. That, of course, is what Hamas has been demanding, which will make Israel - and Egypt - uncomfortable. Neither wants...
With Dartmouth on a 6-0 run to start the second half, Berry hit a big three to answer. A couple minutes later, she showed her hustle by making a great save on a ball going out of bounds, allowing Finelli to hit the floor and retain possession...
...dramatic escalation of the high-stakes poker game between Israel and Hamas. Over the past seven weeks, each side has calculated the odds of outbidding the other. Hamas - and the civilian population it represents - paid a heavy price in human casualties over the weekend, but it may nonetheless retain a strategic advantage. The radical Palestinian movement that governs Gaza appears to have underestimated Israel's readiness to launch a military campaign in response to an escalation of Palestinian rocket fire onto Israel's southern towns and cities. This is, however, an Israeli election season in which polls show voters moving...