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...concern shared by Deutsche Börse's union, which fears job losses. But a spokesman for the Finance Ministry said the government supports the merger without restrictions. Why so much fuss over who owns which stock exchange? After all, the days of crowded trading pits where dealers scream out prices are mostly gone. Now the deals are done on computer terminals in quiet back offices. No matter who buys the L.S.E., most investors and companies that trade there won't notice a difference. But the L.S.E. does have high symbolic value. As Europe's largest stock exchange, its merger...
Upon arriving at Harvard, first-years find their introductory semester to be replete with ridiculous, if entertaining, traditions. These time-honored pastimes range in absurdity, from the rather benign obsession with John Harvard’s toe to the more risqué disrobement of Primal Scream. We like to think these quirks add to a sense of camaraderie and community—essential to the experience of every college student. And there was a time when every Harvard student had the opportunity to annually don a bib, clutch a fork and impale his or her very own large, red crustacean...
...last January’s Primal Scream, intrepid residents of “Mathergrad” wore Soviet-style attire and blasted the strains of the USSR national anthem. “Everything became more and more Soviet as things went on,” recalls Hunter S. Maats ’04, who painted himself red with a yellow hammer and sickle on his chest for the naked run around the Yard...
...Harvard, traditions are a dime a dozen. Known for its tradition of academic excellence, Harvard is also the home of Primal Scream and, if you don’t know any better, rubbing the John Harvard statue’s foot. Of course, no list of Harvard traditions would be complete without Harvard-Yale, the weekend before Thanksgiving when half of Yale’s (or Harvard’s) student body descends on its rival’s campus for drunken tailgates, wild parties and, if they can drag themselves as far as Soldier’s Field...
...resource presents intriguing possibilities. Not since the heady days of “School House Rock” has education provided so many laughs, and there’s no shame in taking advantage of it. Indeed, Glauber—whose light-saber dueling produced the blood-curdling scream in September—has been favorably compared to “Bill Nye the Science...