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...Bush Saturday to organize a summit to reform the international financial rules that the IMF oversees, the world discovered that the organization's French managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is being investigated for possible abuses of power. The findings of that inquiry - expected later this week - will not only shape the IMF's ability to navigate the world into a new, stable era of international trade, but they will also cast the fate of one of France's brightest political stars...
...beginning of the end of World War II, the Bretton Woods system addressed global ills that began as early as the first World War, when governments (including the U.S.) began controlling imports and exports to offset wartime blockades. This, in turn, led to the manipulation of currencies to shape foreign trade. Currency warfare and restrictive market practices helped spark the devaluation, deflation and depression that defined the economy of the 1930s...
...bailout. However, Tan of Standard & Poor's says that current conditions are vastly different than those of 10 years ago. Not only are Korea's banks much stronger, but, with $240 billion in foreign currency reserves, the country's finances as a whole are in much better shape, Tan says...
...combat unhealthy eating habits. Attendees are mostly students who already know about nutrition, and if students are not encouraged to practice what they have learned on a daily basis, they will soon forget it. Instead, continually providing students with unsolicited information about what constitutes healthy meal choices will shape long-lasting dietary shifts toward health...
...with season ending injuries like the three wide receivers—junior Mike Cook, and sophomores Chris Lorditch and Marco Iannuzzi. “Both guys should be ready to go against Princeton [next week],” Murphy said. “Both guys should be in good shape.” But with just one primary running back, Harvard’s generally solid running game—which averages 121.6 rushing yards per game—was held to only 78 net rushing yards, 68 of which were supplied by Jenkins. BITS AND PIECES Lehigh?...