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...liabilities, which get covered by implicit too-big-to-fail guarantees. What a lot of firms don't like is the idea of having to pay a financial-crisis-responsibility fee for the next decade, as Obama has proposed to recoup TARP loans to AIG, the auto industry and smaller banks. Economists I know don't think that idea is either fair or sensible from a policy standpoint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Ex–Goldman Partner Lets Loose on Wall Street | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...smaller wrestlers] are going out against guys that have another 10 pounds of muscle on them,” Caputo added. “It takes a lot to step on the mat against teams like Army, sending out tanks like that...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Grapplers Go Unbeaten as Crimson Drops Pair | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...only does this make it easier for the state to delegitimize the protesters as agents of foreign powers; overturning the Islamic system would also deprive the opposition leaders - mostly clerics and former government officials - of their base of authority and legitimacy. The more radical the protest movement becomes, the smaller its chances of winning the backing of those unhappy with the status quo but not willing to commit to the opposition camp. (See the top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Opposition: Confrontation or Compromise? | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...break if they raised salaries for current workers or increased employee hours. While the tax credit is open to companies of any size, the maximum tax benefit an individual firm can receive is $500,000. Obama believes limiting the credit means that more of the benefit will go to smaller businesses. Administration officials said the Obama plan would cost $33 billion. The hiring rebate was one of a number of tax cuts the President proposed in his State of the Union address earlier in the week. In that speech, Obama predicted the tax credit would be tapped by more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Job-Creation Tax Credit: Will It Work? | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...demand that we take action. The first step that must be taken is to provide a brand of toilet paper that is both comfortable enough to accommodate the discerning buttocks and durable enough to prevent messy private failure. Quality toilet paper can be consumed like caviar—in smaller amounts than fast food but with greater amounts of utility...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu | Title: Tools of the Stool | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

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