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...been making headlines. No, not the rock band or the cold remedy but the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index, or VIX, which has been on a wild ride over the past year. The stock market crash set this indicator of volatility soaring to above 80 - for perspective, the VIX has historically averaged around...
...clock scotch in the company of other well-mannered gentlemen, blanch at the notion of hooligans loitering among us. They threaten our quietude, with their newfangled dungarees and brimmed caps turned askew, and not so much as a single article of tweed! They scream along to their wild rock-and-roll music—all fans of those British, mop-headed Insects, or Beetles, or whatnot—and exhibit all manner of inappropriate merriment...
...debacle aside, the rotten apple in our culture is the notion that executives are able to "create" value that is worth astronomical multiples of that created by the daily toil of ordinary members of our society. We have lost our sense of proportion. Jim Williams, Castle Rock, Colo...
...golf team. This time, however, it was not the usual first-place finish. In its penultimate tournament before the all-important Ivy League Championships, the Crimson ended up six strokes behind Princeton, good for second place in the Roar-EE Invitational, hosted by Columbia University at Spook Rock Golf Course in Suffern, N.Y. It was Harvard’s first tournament loss since last year’s Roar-EE Invitational. The Tigers jumped out to an early lead Friday and never relinquished it, shooting 302-310 in the two-day competition to finish ahead of the Crimson and four...
Bareilles, in contrast, opened the festivities at 5:30 sharp, after the crowd had feasted on the corn dogs, kebabs, and similarly carnivalesque fare. The songstress played her pop-rock hit ‘Love Song’ only after a preliminary set of largely unknown numbers, taunting the crowd at the beginning of one initial track, “It’s not what you think...