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...exactly, is this bailout supposed to 'save' credit markets? Not entirely clear. Paulson and Bernanke described it as a way to jumpstart trading in mortgage securities for which there's no market at the moment, thus allowing banks to clean up their balance sheets and get back to lending. But a lot of economists outside government believe that the real problem is that lots and lots of financial institutions are insolvent--their losses, if they actually recognized them, are enough to wipe out their capital reserves. If that's true it would make more sense for taxpayers to give them...
...current bad news. A bailout would be just the beginning of what looks to be a long and painful unwinding for Asia, for example. Even if the U.S. government can pass a plan to pump money into the financial system by buying bad mortgages - thus freeing up banks to lend money elsewhere - it won't "address the decimation of the wealth effect of the U.S. consumer," which many export-led Asian economies rely on, says Kirby Daley, senior strategist at Newedge Group, a financial services firm based in Hong Kong...
...suddenly Hatch’s job to lose.“I’ve definitely felt grateful for the opportunity,” Hatch says. “It’s definitely been really exciting.”Hatch has made the most of it thus far. Despite being knocked out of last week’s game against Auburn with a concussion, Hatch has thrown for 218 yards, a touchdown, and an interception, and is 3-0 as a starter. To many, however, the surprise is not that Hatch is a Harvard transfer, but the fact that...
...This may spring from political bias, but I tend to think McCain did far worse than he could even imagine, all before opening his mouth. I watched the debate distractedly and intermittently (as, I imagine, many American voters did), and thus my conclusion about the affair could only be an aesthetic one: that Barack Obama looks ready to lead, no matter what his opponent’s ads might say, and that John McCain looks like a tired old crank...
...said she would have wanted to know of the DeWolfe robbery sooner. “I’m shocked that we didn’t hear about the first robbery,” she said. The victims of the DeWolfe robbery did not see their intruder, and thus could not offer a description. Benowitz said that she hoped descriptions of perpetrators would be sent out as soon as possible after crimes occur, so that students would not open doors for robbers to repeat their crimes. “You should be able to feel safe,” Benowitz...