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...Rachel Carson's seminal eco-polemic Silent Spring, Fruitless Fall walks us through the various theories put forth as causes of CCD -genetically-modified crops, global warming, God's wrath, cellular phones, loss of habitat and a nicotine-like pesticide to name a few. Jacobsen concludes that a return to simpler times - for example, before honey bees were pumped full corn syrup and bred to pollinate monocrops from California to Florida - may be the only answer to the decimation of these vital insects, upon which our food supply depends...
...Swedish example offers one way to minimize such "moral hazard" and potentially recoup some of the funds taxpayers are being asked to spend to help get the credit markets rolling again. The idea, says Lundgren, is not to just give money, but "to get some ownership (in return), and eventually be able to get some revenue back." By taking a stake in its enfeebled banks, Sweden was able to minimize the taxpayers' burden in the long...
...Most importantly, the government stipulated that in order to become eligible for government funding, banks would have to give up something - namely equity - in return. In the case of one leading bank, the mere prospect of the government taking a stake was enough to persuade shareholders to dig deeper and raise money on their own. For the rest, the government was able, once the markets rebounded, to sell off the stakes it had acquired, making a profit that was effectively returned to taxpayers' coffers. At one point the government controlled more than 20% of the entire banking system...
...They’re going to be quite a challenge for us. They return every player basically; they’re playing at home; it’s the opener,” Leone said. “It’s going to be a great challenge for us, but we’ve got to focus on our play...
...binding agreement with Massachusetts to keep future carbon emissions from its Allston campus at 30 percent of the national standard for a similar project in exchange for a potentially speedier approval process for campus construction. PIM(P)co MY BAILOUT Less than a year after leaving Harvard to return to a wealthy private financial fund, Mohamed A. El-Erian said in an interview with Reuters that his $812-billion firm would offer to manage part of the government’s proposed $700-billion bailout package for no fee. El-Erian—who managed Harvard?...