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...role of proprietary trading - when banks buy and sell investments for their own accounts rather than their clients - and other principal investments in the financial crisis is getting new scrutiny. On Thursday, Feb. 4, the Senate Banking Committee held its second hearing in a week on President Obama's proposal to keep banks, which hold federally insured deposits, from engaging in such risky businesses as proprietary trading and hedge-fund and private-equity-fund investing (all three activities contain some element of trading or investing for the firm's own account, possibly employing leverage). Many have dismissed the so-called...
...over the Bears the second time around, the Crimson will need to match Brown’s intense level of play...
Brown furthered its lead early in the second period on a goal by another sophomore, Jeff Buvinow, who was able to sneak a shot by Richter between the left post and his glove. Harvard managed to get on the board late in the second period, ending the Bears’ four-game shutout streak against Harvard...
...feel like I can call myself one of the best decathletes that the U.S. has ever seen, and I think I can be pretty proud of that fact,” says the owner of the second-best heptathlon and decathlon scores in the nation’s history. “And I’ve got a chance to go and possibly win a third medal at a third Olympic games…and that’s something that no decathlete has ever done before...
...streets in Tehran, odds were that people were buying up the latest U.S. hit movie or television show from a black-market vendor. Customers flip through piles of plastic sleeves, looking for an unseen classic or the latest that the Americans have to offer: Avatar, District 9, Invictus, the second Night at the Museum, the first Godfather. One can find Desperate Housewives and 24. At about one toman each (approximately $1), the DVDs are affordable as an occasional indulgence for most residents of the capital (even if a copy of Reservoir Dogs turns out to be Hancock or The Blind...