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...even Paulson's team of whiz kids is struggling to keep up with the biggest financial crisis the U.S. has faced in more than 75 years. Kashkari must quickly figure out how to spend the first chunk of the $700 billion to maximum effect. He's looking at devices like a reverse auction, where holders of bad loans will compete to sell them to Treasury at the lowest cost to taxpayers. And he has to figure out how to extract from sellers not just complex debt vehicles like mortgage-backed securities but also plain old faltering home loans with local...
...tempting to spend money every time you come home...
...will have access to the drop-in hours. Sara R. Zaidi ’11, who serves as a director of Student Mental Health Liaisons, said the program could be successful because of the proximity factor. “They are putting resources where students live and eat and spend most of their time,” she said. “If someone has a problem that might not be so intense, so they wouldn’t think to go to UHS or the Bureau of Study Council, then it’s easy for them to just...
...Sotheby's was not available for comment.) Nor does it bode well for the regional art market: the Hong Kong auction was its first gauge after the worldwide financial crisis hit last month. "Due to uncertainty in the markets, investors are making selective choices as to where to spend their money," says Shirley Ben Bashat, director of the Opera Gallery Hong Kong...
...regarded Hank Paulson's bailout plan with skepticism. And it's why Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Chancellor, Alistair Darling, did not want to dwell Wednesday morning on how Britain's banking sector had got into such a parlous state that the government was compelled to spend up to $88 billion in taxpayers' money to secure it. Their emergency rescue plan was hatched over weeks but finalized in such a hurry that bleary officials labored overnight to finish it before the skittish markets opened. At a morning press conference, both men maintained that the problem started with...