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...SWFs will provide to continued growth in global asset markets," says Alex Patelis, head of international economics at Merrill Lynch. But countries on the receiving end of such largesse remain wary. At a G-7 meeting of finance ministers held in Washington in October, SWFs were a major topic of discussion, partly due to concern about their potential impact on markets. SWF "investment policies, minor comments or rumors could spark volatility," said Clay Lowery, assistant secretary for international affairs in the U.S. Treasury Department, in a speech last summer. "It is hard to dismiss entirely the possibility of unseen, imprudent...
...labor, “how those people are incorporated into American society will have a enormous impact on the tenure of American society,” Preston said in an interview after the event. According to President of Fuerza Latina Juan S. Arias ’09, the topic of immigration on campus has died down since the protest against a House bill in 2006 which would have classified illegal immigrants and anyone who abetted them as felons. “I am, and I think a couple of the group members are, following the immigration debate...
...when you hit the floor.” Keys and Mayer present a simple and hopeful perspective on the bad times in life: They won’t get you down if you don’t let them. But what would an Alicia Keys album be without the topic of still-true love? In the album’s first single, “No One,” which has already claimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, Keys sings, “You and me together / Through the days and nights / I don?...
...something they’ve never seen anywhere else, but they also don’t want something too ephemeral,” Cannon says. “In the past you didn’t need a newspeg. However, it was always about what was happening and a topic in civil discourse...
...doesn't seem so ridiculous to poor countries like Indonesia, where leaders are torn between the need to develop the country's natural resources and increasing international pressure to preserve remaining forests. This dilemma is expected to be a hot topic this month at a U.N.-led conference on climate change in Bali, where representatives from 189 nations are gathering to negotiate a set of environmental rules to succeed the Kyoto protocols, the main provisions of which expire...