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...British Prime Minister, it has become a magnet for people, jobs and investment from around the world. The big U.S. banks made London their international hub, and the major continental European banks moved much of their trading and investment banking operations there. About 70% of international bonds, one-third of the world's foreign exchange and almost half the total volume of international equities are traded in London, more even than New York, its only remaining rival as the world's financial capital. Hedge funds piled into Mayfair on the heels of private-equity players. Any self-respecting Russian oligarch...
Second place and third place are not first place. Most people would view that as a defeat if you've stated you want to win. I'm not sure that I can win. But if we can be successful going around the world and talking about this issue, I'm willing to get second or third...
...Harvard men’s golf team swung its way to a promising start, holding third place after one round at the MacDonald Cup this weekend. But the grind of 54 holes and soggy skies took their toll on the team, which settled for sixth place. “It was alright, nothing really spectacular,” junior Danny Mayer said. “We played pretty well the first round, and we kind of didn’t play well the last two rounds. Overall, it wasn’t that great of a performance...
...dancers were filming the club scene of a music video for the song “Predator,” a pop sensation by Peter C. Shields, Jr. ’09. For Shields, known as “Petros” in the Greek music world, this was his third music video and the second-ever to exclusively feature Harvard students. (He recruited the dancers, all friends, by e-mail.) The filming took place in the dance studio, which a friend of Shields was able to reserve for the filming. The studio was perfect, Shields said, because the mirrored...
...Given a choice, the Alawites would be happy to skirt the 21st century, satisfied with ruling a Third World backwater. But geography won't allow it. Syria is at the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in which Syria has no choice but take sides. Since the Alawites cannot settle with Tel Aviv and survive the wrath of the Muslim Brothers, it remains reliant on its alliance with Tehran. And this is not to mention that with the division between Shi'ites and Sunnis widening, the Alawites will feel they need Iran and its message of belligerence to Israel more...