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...spring break road trip with a 5-2 victory against the Matadors (9-11) on a sweltering Saturday afternoon. “Despite our physical exhaustion, we were able to pull out a victory,” Rosekrans said.In doubles—after Harvard and Cal State Northridge split the first two matches—freshman Camille Jania and captain Laura Peterzan clinched the opening point, squeaking out a 9-7 win.“[Jania and Peterzan] are a great combination,” Green said. “They have so much energy and will on the court...
...mergers has long been one of the big moneymakers on Wall Street. Companies doing an acquisition or being bought typically hire an investment bank, or a few, to steer them through the transaction. The companies pay fees for this work, which advisers for both the buyer and seller usually split. For large transactions these fees can be substantial: Pfizer is paying an estimated $207 million in M&A fees to the seven banks that are acting as advisors to both companies...
When treasury secretary Tim Geithner rolled out his long-awaited plan for buying up toxic mortgage loans and securities on March 23, reaction was split. Financial markets cheered, with the Dow Jones industrial average rocketing 497 points, or 6.8%, on the day. The chattering classes mostly grumbled, with Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman gloomily leading the way: "It fills me with a sense of despair," he wrote of the plan before it was released but after many details had leaked...
...younger cadres, the so-called rebels who opposed the marriage with Likud, say they won't split the party for now. But they may choose to vote against Netanyahu, and their own party chief, Barak, on key issues. (See pictures of Israeli soldiers in Gaza...
Topolanek says he does not want to maintain a caretaker government until June, when Sweden takes over the E.U. presidency. If none of the candidates for the new prime minister can secure a majority - a strong possibility in the split Czech parliament - early elections would have to be called, which would mean further distractions for the country supposedly shepherding the E.U. (Read: "'Old Europe' Wary as Czechs Take Over E.U. Presidency...