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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...more closely coordinate regulation of multinational banks. The Group of Thirty, an influential organization of current and former central bankers and financial regulators, recommended in January that "systematically significant" financial institutions (those that are too big to fail) be identified in advance and subjected to higher capital requirements and tougher regulation. (See who's to blame for the financial crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New World Order | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...will have to twist arms in his own party to tone down the measures, especially since the Senate is currently looking at an even tougher version of the provisions. If he fails to extract the offensive language, Europe may indeed be readying itself for an old-fashioned trade battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Europe Is Fuming About the Stimulus Package | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...which was created in 2006 to plan five or six major events each year, is allotted an annual budget of $200,000. McFadden said that a priority will be placed on pushing for “a tougher stance with [University] Hall,” which he said has traditionally kept the CEB’s budget inaccessible, even from its members...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Student Leaders Elected to Run Fun | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

These are certainly tough battles - against Democratic interest groups, in some cases - and tougher still when they are considered slowly, deliberately, rather than rushed through. But Obama promised a new day, a more efficient government. If he is wise, he can still deliver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Daschle: Can Obama Reboot? | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...seconds left. “We group it all together in toughness—finishing free throws, getting loose balls, blocking out at the free throw line,” Miller said. “For us, it’s all the same. We feel like they were tougher than us today.” The game began with a wild and sloppy first half. Penn jumped out to a 12-6 lead five minutes in as it constantly beat the Crimson up the floor for baskets. Harvard answered that with a 12-0 run in which it forced...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Buzzed by Killer P's | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

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