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...focus now is on the insurance giant AIG, where fears are that losses in real estate investments will spark a credit-rating downgrade that could lead to the firm's unraveling. On Sunday AIG reportedly asked the Federal Reserve for a $40 billion bridge loan to tide it over. On Monday the firm initially got a special dispensation from the governor of New York, the state that regulates it, to tap $20 billion in capital from its subsidiaries. Then it paid a visit to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where President Tim Geithner turned down its loan request...
...competition, winning both divisions of the regatta. The Crimson finished a respectable tenth at the Anderson Trophy.Meanwhile, the women’s team sailed in two events—the Man-Labs Trophy in Cambridge on Saturday and the Captain’s Cup in Medford, Mass. on Sunday. Harvard recorded third- and fourth-place team finishes respectively at the two events.“We’re looking good in comparison to the competition,” junior Liz Powers said. “I’m excited. I think we can do really well...
...Harvard’s sophomore leader Katherine Sheeleigh to senior striker Erin Wylie for a one-time tally, or the closing minutes of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations this past February.It’s the latter.And the goal, tallied in the 77th minute of the final on Sunday, February 10, 2008 by Egypt’s immortal Mohamed Aboutrika, sent a country into pandemonium.While the coffee shop turned sports-bar jumped for joy, while the red, white, and black of Egypt’s flag waved from the balconies in the crowded streets of Cairo...
...first-half advantage. Just like that, Harvard’s newest star was born. “She has such tenacity and she works hard all game,” Sheeleigh said. “She doesn’t give up.” On Sunday, Baskind continued her scoring streak by putting in the team’s only goal in a tight one against Big Ten opponent Wisconsin. Sheeleigh lofted a pass over the head of the Badgers’ back line, and Baskind used her speed to streak past the defense, stay onside, and beat...
...taste of life at the Business School during last week’s Business Leadership Program. Created in 1997 by Harvard Student Agencies, the conference aims to teach students about the private sector through exposure to faculty members and various professionals from the business world. Upon arrival last Sunday, participants were immersed in a crash course on accounting, courtesy of management doctoral student Ethan S. Bernstein. “We want to prove that undergrads are prepared to sit in the seats of an HBS classroom,” Bernstein told participants. “You’re used...