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...investment-banking operations seem to be shrinking. Overall, Morgan has lowered its payrolls by 8% in the past year, but its ranks of investment bankers have fallen by a slightly steeper 10%. And in underwriting, a key investment-banking business, Morgan has continued to lose ground. Through the first six months of this year, Morgan ranked as the sixth largest underwriter of stock and bond offerings, down from fourth two years...
...called H1N1. And like this one, it targeted the young: most of those who died were under age 40. Historical accounts suggest that it also began as a milder springtime flu before returning in the fall as a killing machine more efficient than World War I. In six months, that pandemic killed more people than AIDS has killed in 28 years. (See how the swine flu virus works...
...After six and a half years at Harvard, Kessel, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a former New York and Boston restaurateur, left HUDS and joined private food provider AVI Food Systems as Executive Chef and Operations Director for Wellesley College. Kessel, who played an integral role in crafting residential menus and working on the Food Literacy Program, said a former HUDS employee had been recruiting him to work at AVI for the past three years...
...concerned, the goals center on disrupting international terrorist networks, developing the military's counterinsurgency capabilities, helping to enhance civilian control and building a global consensus on stabilizing the country. The first of what will become regular assessments will be drafted at the end of March 2010. But in the six months between now and then, Washington has a lot of work to do to get Pakistan to measure up to the metrics. Here is how things stand...
Still, when set against the doomsday scenarios being painted six months ago, when terrorist attacks frequently struck major cities and the Taliban had advanced to within 70 miles of Islamabad, Pakistan's offensive in the Swat Valley is cause for moderate optimism - and it has been a popular success. But, as fighting continues in pockets and key leaders remain at large, it remains to be seen whether Pakistan can hold on to territory and see through a reconstruction effort. (See pictures of refugees fleeing the Swat Valley...