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...That the Prince of Wales is looking to borrow a little Obama magic may seem odd. By convention, Britain's royals steer clear of politics. But the Queen's eldest son has long stretched definitions with his passionate advocacy for environmental causes. He has recently helped garner international support around the idea of a rain-forest bond, a method of interim funding designed to ensure that trees are worth more alive than dead until carbon-trading schemes really take off. He has privately lobbied leaders from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Italian Prime Minister Silvio...
...Administration may have alleviated some people's concerns about the auto industry by saying that Chrysler will be okay. Customers won't be able to tell that Chrysler is in bankruptcy. The government will steer it through the Chapter 11 process in a matter of weeks. Not everyone agrees with this. Skeptics about the Administration's plan may outnumber believers. (See Chrysler's Top 10 Moments...
...Outsiders, however, are advised to proceed with caution. Even among devotees, there's a consensus that people with heart ailments, high blood pressure or mental disorders should steer clear of ayahuasca. And, Souther says, mixed with certain foods or recreational drugs like cocaine, ayahuasca can be toxic, even fatal...
...Advising Programs Office has selected for this two-week journey of self-discovery/non-discovery? “Chart Your Own Course.” Some words of wisdom from the Advising Fortnight homepage: “Think of your life at Harvard like navigating an ocean. You can steer your ship any way you’d like to go, and there are infinite paths that guide you to your destination.” If FlyBy had tear ducts, its eyes would be moist right...
...equity circles. Everybody agrees there's a shakeout on the way; at industry conferences one hears predictions that anywhere from 20% to 50% of PE firms will go out of business. There's less agreement about the survivors. Will they land back atop the financial heap and continue to steer a big part of the U.S. (and the global) economy? Will the top students at the top business schools still pine for PE jobs? Or was the PE boom just an artifact of a three-decade debt bubble that will be deflating for years...