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...some of the financial firms that many market watchers are concerned that some of the largest banks will go bankrupt unless they get significantly more government assistance. Indeed, the government last week released a plan to help boost Citigroup's common equity by $50 billion. It is the third round of financial help the government has provided Citi in less than six months. Still, the bottom lines of banks, while ugly, are expected to look significantly better in 2009 than in 2008. And that's not something that can be said of other sectors...
...Cold War—a victory that was accompanied by the wholesale economic collapse of the entire region. And the Russian leadership is highly aware of the stakes at hand. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of initiating “a new round of arms race,” and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev has warned that Russia is “not afraid of… a Cold War.” Hopefully Medvedev’s threat relies more on bravado than truth, but this assumption is not a risk worth taking...
...number of applications jumped from 12 to 40 since the inaugural round, while the number of grants awarded has remained constant...
...victory. West advanced to semifinals with a pair of wins on Saturday over Trevor McGuinness and Hesham El Halaby. The Crimson’s other two competitors in the Potter Cup bracket were captain Verdi DiSesa and senior Niko Hrdy, but both lost in the opening round of competition. DiSesa bowed to Rochester’s Jim Bristow, 9-1, 9-1, 9-4, and Hrdy lost to Princeton’s Dave Letorneau. Both failed to advance in the consolation bracket. In the Malloy Cup, sophomore J. Reed Endresen, the third seed, offered Harvard’s best result...
...Individual Championships held at Williams College. Six Crimson players represented Harvard in the Ramsay Cup, which selects the top 32 players nationwide. Despite its youth—the Crimson was represented by two juniors, two sophomores, and two freshman—four out of the six advanced to the round of 16, more than any other school. Harvard No.1 Freshman Nirasha Guruge, seeded seventh, had a strong showing in her first singles appearance in the Ramsay Cup, advancing to the quarterfinals and taking 8th place. Guruge swept her matches on Friday, opening with a tight...