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...Because of these issues, muni bonds don't seem particularly cheap even though munis now yield more than Treasuries. Indeed, Gary Strumeyer, head of capital markets at Bank of New York Mellon, says munis are no longer in the same rock-solid category as Treasuries, so it's not even a fair comparison. "Every investor needs to understand the many risks associated with purchasing muni bonds these days," he says...
...Payack said that scandals or sports teams made little difference in determining the final list. “We were concerned that if we talked about media overall that the sports institutions would skew the data in their favor,” Payack said. “It seems that having a dozen or so Nobel laureates creates more buzz globally than do sports teams.” Payack also suggested that the University’s decision to change the John F. Kennedy School of Government to the Harvard Kennedy School may have had some bearing...
...Earlier this year, in vitro fertilization was used to screen for a faulty BRCA1 gene that increases one’s susceptibility for breast cancer, while researchers at Cambridge University claim that a pre-natal screening for autism will soon be possible. Although both steps seem to represent an innocuous effort to prevent devastating medical conditions, the extended use of pre-natal screening raises many serious ethical questions...
Unlike the “Room of Requirement” at Hogwarts, which magically appears when a student is in need of it, the Senior Common Rooms at Harvard never seem to feel like doing much of anything for students. Among other things, the recently released Report on Harvard House Renewal expressed widespread student dissatisfaction or confusion with the Senior Common Room as a component of House life. Ostensibly, every House’s SCR is designed to promote meaningful student-faculty interaction by introducing students to distinguished academics and other prominent members of the Harvard community. But, in many...
...hard for three runs in the inning—and it could have been worse had it not been for a diving stop by O’Hara, which saved a run.“It’s those types of little things that we always seem to pay for,” Walsh said.Harvard pulled to within one run in the fifth. After O’Neill was hit by a pitch, Meehan—who was 3-for-4 in the game—crushed a ball to the fence in center field for a double...