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...Sarah is, in the end, a curious blend of Disneyesque prose ("Sarah Heath Palin is at heart a sister, a daughter, and the little girl who learned how to work hard, stand up for herself, and never tell a lie") and careful reporting about the veep candidate's early political life. Despite its often-flowery language, the book is a treasure trove for those hungry for more data on a public figure about whom little is known in the lower 48. No one will be able to close it without marveling at Palin's instant ascent to international fame. Keep...
With each writeoff, outfits such as Merrill Lynch tried to tell us that the crisis was over when in fact each writeoff was exacerbating the situation. If they were writing down the value of their subprime related investments and raising capital, then didn't everyone have to do the same? And once that happened, the market for this stuff would get even thinner, requiring a spiral of writedowns. It has become a field day for short sellers, who are picking off the undercapitalized financial outfits...
...It’s really September-October that is going to tell the bigger story,” he said. “We’ve got a shot at breaking 55 [percent recovery] if single-stream really catches on.” —Staff writer Natasha S. Whitney can be reached at nwhitney@fas.harvard.edu...
...captains of industry try their best to keep the faith. The CEOs of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch held a joint press conference to discuss in upbeat tones B of A's planned takeover of Merrill, while Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson held a press conference to tell Americans they should remain confident in the "soundness and resilience in the American financial system...
...somnolent David Gergen lashed out at McCain's ad portraying Obama as the Messiah, calling it a subtle but intentional effort to paint a black man as The Other. "It's the subtext of this campaign; everybody knows that," Gergen said. "As a native of the South, I can tell you, when you see this ad, 'The One,' that's code for, 'He's uppity; he ought to stay in his place...