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...desired. The recent expulsion of a U.S. diplomat from Ecuador is a case in point. The diplomat was expelled on the grounds that his alleged interference “undermine[d] the jurisdiction and powers of national authorities able to make decisions regarding who should lead a special investigations unit.” The U.S. Department of State countered that the U.S. has had peaceful, non-intrusive relations with the country. Regardless of whether the U.S. is guilty of the accusations, the scandal’s message sends negative signals to the rest of Latin America. This...
...That toxic debt was also behind the other bad company news of the day, when HSBC - Europe's largest bank - said it would seek $17.1 billion in new capital, and close its U.S. consumer-lending unit, Household Finance. The American affiliate had saddled HBSC with $16.3 billion in subprime-rooted losses, and explained the group's 62% dip in 2008 profits of $9.3 billion. But closing the troubled unit means adding its 6,100 employees to the list of 3 million American jobs eliminated since November...
...What struck Pagani most was how predictable the identities of the gamblers were. When she referred back to the ratings from kindergarten, she found that every one-unit increase on the impulsivity scale correlated with a 25% jump in the likelihood a child would be gambling by sixth grade. "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual already refers to gambling specifically as an impulse-control disorder," she says, citing the official text that outlines diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. "And then there were our findings showing that...
...junior’s second career playoff shutout, with the first coming by the same count in last year’s ECAC semifinals. The Crimson also continued its dominance on the penalty kill, holding the Big Red scoreless in three opportunities. Harvard’s penalty-kill unit, ranked fifth nationally, has allowed just two goals in its last 37 opportunities.But despite the positive outcome, the Crimson refused to settle for a performance that was anything less than its best.“I think they all know that they’re capable of playing better than they...
...period goals. Stony Brook managed to get on the scoreboard late in the first period. Only 13 seconds after Seawolves Adam Rand won a faceoff, attackman Chris Scott assisted teammate Kevin Crowley for Stony Brook’s lone goal of the half. “Our entire defensive unit played extremely well,” Sapia said. “We had a good game plan and they executed it perfectly.” In the second period, the Crimson stretched the lead to 5-1. Gibbons had a hand in each goal, scoring one and assisting freshman Kevin...