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...hook to pay off the "insurance" which kept the likes of Goldman from having to book large write downs. Those write downs might have pushed Goldman into a difficult financial situation. The same holds true for a number of the other companies doing business with AIG under similar circumstances...
...match, 30-20. HARVARD 3, EAST STROUDSBURG 0 The Crimson came into East Stroudsburg eager for a road win. Harvard held the Warriors to a .150 attack percentage in the first set to take it, 30-26. Harvard won the second set, 30-26, in similar fashion by holding the East Stroudsburg offense to a .212 attack percentage. In the third set, The Crimson tallied 17 kills with only one error for a .571 attack percentage, finishing the frame ahead 30-23. Harvard hit .390 for the match, compared to .181 for the Warriors. “We really needed...
...aluminum plant shutdown, unemployment in Charleston rose to 4.9% from 3.9% 12 months before. In Morgantown, the rate went to 3.9%, from 3.2%. Lower energy prices helped drive up the percentage of unemployed people in Casper to 4.2% from 3.4% year-over-year, and will likely have a similar effect on Bismarck's number when they're released next week...
...Pakistan paid visits to Zardari and Sharif, while the Obama Administration's special representative to the region, Richard Holbrooke, held a videoconference with Zardari and later telephoned the opposition leader as well. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon have issued similar appeals. (See photos of the attacks on the Sri Lankan cricketers...
...OZAWA: I believe that the Meiji Restoration is one of the greatest revolutions in global history. The Meiji government took as their policy to pursue, catch up and surpass the Western powers. I am convinced that we have to carry out a similar revolution of the same magnitude. But the Meiji Restoration was achieved by force. We will bring about a revolution by democratic means, by achieving a majority in the election...