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...calls and redemptions from mutual and hedge funds drive trading particularly wild in the opening and closing minutes of most sessions, algorithm-based traders are rewriting programs to squeeze their moves into increasingly narrow bands of time. "It may be good, it may be bad, but I don't thank any of us can stop it," said Robert Almgren, co-founder of Quantitative Brokers...
...Face of Tuberculosis Your poignant, powerfully illustrated piece on tuberculosis reminded me of pictures from history books about the 1918 Spanish-flu outbreak [Oct. 13]. Why is the world still ignoring this deadly disease? Thank you, TIME, for reminding us that TB should be a greater medical priority than advances in cosmetic surgery. I hope the pharmaceutical industry can engineer new drugs against this killer. Aniee Sarkissian, Glendale, Calif...
...Thank you so much for your publication of “The Harvard 100,” where you feature famous and influential Harvard alumni, particularly those who have truly contributed something to the world (like Matt P. Damon, number 70, who was also People magazine’s sexiest man alive in 2007). In past years, however, you seem to have left out several key contributors to society (though you managed to include Harvard’s most treasured Golden Boy—President George W. Bush, number 2)—on the list. In order to avoid...
...concert by Pandit Jasraj and escape to India for the night. Friday, Oct. 24. 8:00 p.m. Kresge Auditorium, MIT, $20 5) A Spooky Menagerie We’re sure pets, like college students, don’t want to miss out on being stuffed into costumes this Halloween. Thank goodness there’s an event designed to help them let loose and help their friends: a pet costume parade fundraiser for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. If not spectacular, it will certainly be a spectacle. Saturday, Oct. 25 at 12:00 p.m. Faneuil...
Obama had a choice at that moment. He could thank Petraeus for the briefing and promise to take his views "under advisement." Or he could tell Petraeus what he really thought, a potentially contentious course of action - especially with a general not used to being confronted. Obama chose to speak his mind. "You know, if I were in your shoes, I would be making the exact same argument," he began. "Your job is to succeed in Iraq on as favorable terms as we can get. But my job as a potential Commander in Chief is to view your counsel...