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...derivatives market, the banking lobby, with some help from hedge funds and investment banks, quickly thwarted the measure. And Cox's predecessor at the SEC, William Donaldson, encountered stiff opposition when he tried to push more pro-shareholder measures and subject hedge funds to more oversight. When a court struck down Donaldson's hedge fund registration rule, Cox announced that the SEC would not seek to appeal the ruling - he took the same no-appeal tact when a court shot down an SEC effort to make mutual funds appoint independent chairman. On the other hand, certain types of enforcement - like...
...then the Cubans are left to resolve their problems, and what that has created is an amazing culture of corruption.” Despite the tense relations between the two countries, the U.S. government has offered aid to Cuba four times in the wake of two recent hurricanes that struck the island, Gutierrez said. Cuba’s government has refused each time. “I find that the extreme of politics. I don’t think that the people who are starving confuse dignity with starvation,” Gutierrez said. Despite his tough talk, the commerce...
...there is a trait linking the members of this brainy pantheon, it may be optimism. "I don't think I've ever met a fellow who's cynical," Fanton says. "I'm struck by what good, humble people they are." He notes that some fellows (like physician Paul Farmer, 1993) have donated their winnings, while others have shared it with colleagues. History is littered with intellectual giants - think Nietzsche or Van Gogh - whose minds buckled under the weight of their thoughts. But Fanton says the vast majority of MacArthur Fellows are sunny and energetic, propelled by the belief that they...
...threatening attempts on goal. Junior keeper Lauren Mann made 11 saves. Freshman Melanie Baskind got the Crimson on the board first in the 10th minute. After a good string of possessions, she received a pass from co-captain Nicole Rhodes, made a quick turn, raced down the flank, and struck the ball into the corner of the net with her left foot. Baskind leads Harvard with three goals and eight points this season. After the goal, Boston College controlled the tempo and maintained almost all of the possession for the rest of the game. “It would...
Police officers saw Hoon fighting with another individual and tried to separate them, according to the log. Hoon continued to struggle and kicked one of the officers in the chest and shoulder. Hoon also struck one officer again while his information was being recorded...