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...they, do know is that ordinary young traders can see their positions go south and are liable to panic and mess up in ways that keep pushing the decimal point over to the right - without their "superiors" knowing about it until it's way too late. Nick Leeson taught us that in the '90s, and now, in just the same way, so has Jérôme Kerviel. And if that makes you nervous in this, the age of financial exotica, it should...
...Klarman, who was originally offered a faculty position in the spring of 2006, was attracted to the Law School after spending time as a visiting professor in the 2005-2006 academic year. During his stay, he taught three courses in constitutional law, and attended more than 15 Red Sox games—something that he hopes to continue when he moves to Boston...
...Still, the feted Edinburgh society of the time couldn't get enough. Novelist Henry Mackenzie called him "the heaven-taught ploughman". And how the ladies fell for the rough romantic with the wicked turn of phrase. "There is no doubt about it, he was a ladies man," says Wilson. "He was gifted in every respect." Burns fathered at least a dozen legitimate and illegitimate children in his 37 years...
...words of a man ravaged by chemotherapy, who knew he was dying. But swaths of it are equal to Sinclair at his roaring, mid-period best. He never compensated for his tracheotomy by being verbose in print - on the contrary, having to choose every spoken word with great care taught him the value of writing with fierce economy. At the book's launch, four days before he died, Sinclair was too ill to even sign his name. But in life, no China Coast newsman wrote with a more muscular arm than...
...will add a new perspective on the role of the Supreme Court. Klarman, who was originally offered a faculty position in the spring of 2006, was attracted to the Law School after spending time as a visiting professor in the 2005-2006 academic year. During his stay, he taught three courses in constitutional law, and attended more than 15 Red Sox games—something that he hopes to continue when he moves to Boston. "I’m looking forward to going to Red Sox games," Klarman said in an interview yesterday. "I’m a huge...