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...That sort of context might prove useful for thinking about the day's broader market moves. To be sure, it was a happy one on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 5.8%. The broader S&P 500 index rose 6.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 7.1%. For investors used to seeing negative signs in front of figures like those, there was cause for celebration indeed. (See the best business deals...
...declined to use his name for fear of repercussions. "That just opens up the floodgates to anyone who wants to have a stake in power. All he has to do is just go and be as violent as possible; kill a couple of people, and there will be some sort of concessions made and he can come into power." Like the businessman, many Afghans fear that Obama's proposal heralds the onset of a policy aimed at withdrawing from the quagmire rather than helping Afghanistan to its feet. "Basically, it means that suddenly you have capitulated on your core fundamental...
...Bulldogs had 16 turnovers—many of which came late in the game on mishandlings and miscommunications—and thus were never able to find any sort of momentum. Spurred by junior Jeremy Lin pushing the ball on the fast break, Harvard capitalized repeatedly, scoring 16 points off turnovers...
...federal bailout money. The restrictions were tougher, and more far reaching, than anything Obama had pushed for, and both White House advisers and the investment-banking community claimed that Dodd's provisions could have the perverse incentive of causing firms that really need help to refuse it. "I was sort of surprised by the blowback on it when nobody offered a counter idea," Dodd says, noting that his amendment passed by a voice vote, with no opposition. As evidence of how much distrust there is of Dodd these days, some commentators reacted to the provisions by claiming the Senator...
...Sort of School Where that angry scene ends, Qasab's confession seems to pick up. According to the document, Qasab fled his family in 2005 for Ali Hajveri Darbar, a shrine in Lahore dedicated to the memory of a Sufi saint who took Islam to the region through his example of love, charity and direct communication with God. It was a place, Qasab says, where "boys who had run away from their houses are kept." The shrine doesn't have sleeping quarters, says volunteer caretaker Muhammad Soheil, but "many people stay in the nearby area and come here to take...