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...stakes for the U.S. in this showdown. Haiti is important in itself. It and neighboring Caribbean states form a sort of unofficial U.S. border, and any increase in poverty and oppression triggers a flood of Haitian refugees into the U.S. But its greatest importance now is as a test of the President's ability to conduct an effective foreign policy. On Haiti, Clinton faltered early and embarrassed himself. In the opening days of his Administration, he felt obliged to continue George Bush's policy of sending all Haitian refugees back -- a policy he had denounced during the campaign as ''cruel...
...Doug Elliott, a former investment banker and fellow at the Brookings Institution, says that he thinks releasing the results of the bank stress tests is the right move. "For the test to instill any additional confidence we are going to need to know the results," he says. "It is going to be very hard for these companies to raise additional capital on their own. So whatever funds they need are going to come from the taxpayer. So we should know how much that is and who it is going...
...demands for the head of Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit have not ended and may rise to a crescendo again if the bank receives poor "stress test" ratings from the federal government. The drumbeat of dissatisfaction about Ken Lewis, head of Bank of America (BAC), has gone on for months. Recently, proxy advisory RiskMetrics/ISS Governance Services recommended that the financial firm's shareholders vote Lewis...
...early April. In winning again this weekend, Harvard is righting the ship just in time, as the Ivy Championships will take place next weekend. The Caves Valley tournament was introduced this year by Yale to serve as a final chance for the Ancient Eight schools to test the waters before the three-day Ivy League Championship begins Friday at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, N.J. Bucknell and George Washington rounded out the eight-team field, and the golfers got to attend a special dinner Saturday night with guest speaker Mark Whittaker, who is the Washington Bureau Chief...
...other and practice our different maneuvers.”The tricky winds on the weekend also provided some worthwhile practice for the Crimson, as it near their more important competitions late in the season.“It will likely be consistently windy at nationals, so we will probably test out some of our heavier combos over the next couple of weeks in preparation,” Jumper said. “This practice will hopefully help us overcome some of the better teams we face.”Squads from Yale, Boston College, and Charleston all finished ahead...