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...problem is that many of the moves so far, like insuring money-market mutual funds, have been made to shore up the nation's commercial paper markets. But small companies or those that are short on capital cannot access the commercial paper market, which is generally reserved for companies with good credit. What's more, while the Treasury is urging banks to boost lending in the wake of the government's $250 billion investment into these firms, industry observers are skeptical that it will actually happen. "The idea that more capital is going to influence how much banks lend...
...Pizzotti is getting hammered. The line needs to shore itself...
...impress the ladies isn’t an exclusively Homo sapien mating tactic. As it turns out, color plays a big role in interactions between the sexes. Males typically are more colorful in order to attract females, though in the case of the Red-necked Phalarope, an arctic shore bird, the color and gender roles are reversed. It’s the females who attract the males with their brilliant colors and leave after the arrival of their young—the males care for the offspring. For the wrasse fish, color is closely linked to gender, so much...
Former Director of the University’s Office of Budgets and Financial Planning Dan Shore was named Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer on Monday. In addition to his official position, which he had held since 2003, Shore had been serving as Harvard’s acting CFO since Elizabeth Mora’s abrupt departure last May. After Mora’s resignation, University President Drew G. Faust said in an interview that she was unsure whether the position would ever be filled again, in light of the recent creation...
...some comfort on Oct. 15, when Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is expected to detail the city's plan to deal with the economic crisis. Hong Kong's Monetary Authority has already said that it may use the city's $160 billion in foreign currency reserves to help shore up its financial sector...