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...While it may be tempting to think of the Countrywide deal as a happy ending to the fable of the subprime-mortgage market, for BofA it is really the climax of a 30-year saga of grand ambition. What next? "The only way to really succeed," Lewis says, "is to find beauty and excitement in organic growth." For BofA, that means getting credit-card holders to open checking accounts and turning mortgage borrowers into private-banking clients. It's the same strategy that Citi has pursued without much success, but Lewis says his bank is focused on just one country...
Cheah Cheng hye's life is a rags-to-riches saga with an Asian twist. As a boy in Malaysia, Cheah sold pineapples by the roadside to support himself after his father died. Years later, Cheah left behind a career in journalism to start Value Partners, now Hong Kong's most successful independent investment-fund firm, with $7.2 billion under management...
...knows what happens now is itself a cause to celebrate. Maybe the other 99% of citizens will get a chance to play their part too in the already merrily historic campaign of 2008. Political professionals, consultants, lobbyists, reporters and pundits leafed madly through the unread pages of this election saga, but the voters took the book away and closed it. No jumping ahead. The story won't be foretold. It will unfold...
...second trial of the Harvard graduate student charged with manslaughter ended quietly in a mistrial last month, marking another turn in a case that now appears headed for a third trial. As the legal saga nears its fifth year, few professors and classmates of Alexander Pring-Wilson remain on campus—but those who knew him at the time recall an affable and intelligent student thrust into a tragic situation...
...greatly enjoyed listening to him announce over breakfast the latest news and trivia about Episode I--The Phantom Menace. As a parent, I am happy to take him to see this film--not just for the dazzling special effects or the exciting story but because the Star Wars saga celebrates free will and contains lessons about persistence, faith and the necessity of hope. These stories appeal to children; they never condescend but include their young audience in the fantasy and fun. My son proclaimed, as he finished your magazine and headed to school, "May the Force be with you!" BARBARA...