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...after the crisis. At the Paris conference on the future of capitalism hosted this week by Nicolas Sarkozy and Tony Blair, Merkel was pushing for greater regulation of financial markets, according to government officials. The German delegation to the G20, which meets again in April, has been pressing for tough regulation of banks, hedge funds and private equity. Next week, Merkel plays host to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose own bailout plans created the template for the U.S.'s, to discuss efforts to revive the European economy. (Watch a TIME video with Gordon Brown...
It’s been a season of tough bounces, bad luck, and lost chances for the Harvard women’s hockey team...
...sure they’re celebrating in New Haven,” said Brian Leiter, a legal blogger and law professor at the University of Chicago. “She did bring a sleeping giant back to life on the market for faculty. It made things tough for lots of places...
...trying to act like a can-do farmer and follow the adage I first heard when I moved here: When things get tough, put your head down and keep plowing into the wind...
...Minnesota, recounts and legal wranglings have approached levels of electoral chaos not witnessed since Florida's hanging chads. Democrat and former Saturday Night Live comedian Franken declared victory on Monday, but he won't be sworn in with the rest of the class. Given the tough standard the Dems are holding Burris to, they would have a hard time waving in Franken without an official stamp of approval, and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, is inclined to allow Coleman the opportunity to exhaust all avenues of appeal. Even if the Democrats tried to swear Franken in - and party leaders...