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...investors are worried about worsening loan losses across the banking sector and also about Citi's ability to get decent prices on any other asset sales. Even JPMorgan Chase, which reported a small fourth-quarter profit of $702 million, was the bearer of troubling news, as CEO Jamie Dimon spoke of more hard times to come. "The worst of the economic situation is not yet behind us," he said, noting that the bank's most worrisome businesses going forward are consumer loans and credit cards. (See pictures of scared traders...
...short while on Inauguration Day, a poet, not a President, will hold the world's attention. Alexander, Barack Obama's choice to compose and read a poem on the occasion of his swearing in, spoke to TIME about writing for the moment...
...1950s and '60s, God was a man named Alexander Scourby. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Greek immigrant parents and attended college in West Virginia, but he spoke in a "deep and resonant voice" (as Wikipedia puts it) and - here is the key point - with more than a touch of a British accent. Long after Britain had exhausted its resources in World War II and lost its empire, a British accent conveyed authority, dignity, power...
...voice of God. Scourby was the leading VOG of his day, in documentaries like Victory at Sea and numerous commercials. His was the voice in the first ever recording of the entire Bible, made in the 1940s. At that time, it was as natural to assume that God spoke with a British accent as it was to assume that he had a beard - or, for that matter, that...
...place settings—linen vs. chiffon, it also targeted some of the weightier issues surrounding gay weddings and aimed to promote understanding about the different set of expectations, sources of support, and vendors for gay ceremonies compared to straight ones. A panel of students and staff spoke about planning their own nuptials. Attendees socialized and nibbled on an array of hors d’oeurves. A spectrum of colorful sticky notes adorned the walls of the room with the attendees’ reasons for coming to the event. One of the main issues? Family Drama. According to Francis, matrimonial...