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...duck" session following the election - and faces longer odds in the Senate - could pour up to $150 billion into the economy in the form of massive construction projects, grants to states and additional aid for food stamps and unemployment benefits. Some are calling it "Plan C," coming in the wake of "Plan A" - the Wall Street rescue package - and "Plan B," the effort now underway to recapitalize ailing banks and get credit, the lifeblood of economic health, flowing again. Both of those plans are to be funded by the $700 billion rescue package Congress recently approved. The stimulus would...
...wake of the controversy, Garcia was forced to do cabinet-cleansing. The first to go was the energy and mines minister, but his resignation was not enough for the opposition. Lawmakers wanted more and eventually compelled Del Castillo and the remaining 15 ministers to step down...
...years ago, Harvard Business School opened its doors with the intention of training the next generation of business and financial leaders in the wake of the Panic of 1907 when bank runs brought the financial system to a standstill...
...That show of decisive European unity was all the more important in the wake of Saturday's G7 meeting in Washington, where leaders said government intervention would be taken in all the world's major economies to prevent major banking failures and loosen frozen credit. It all proved enough for markets to take heart again, at least for now. By mid-morning, London's FTSE 100 was up 6%, Paris' CAC 40 rose 6.68%, and Frankfurt's DAX jumped 6.25% - a remarkable turn-around from last week's battering that ended Friday with losses of 7% to nearly 9%. Most...
...Despite my trepidation, it turns out that the only ritual required in requesting an audience with the hermit is a knock on the door. Father Dario emerges from his quarters wearing a black cowl and a warm smile. He explains that although he has many visitors - some of whom wake him in the middle of the night, or use his pencils to graffiti their names on the walls of his cell - all are welcome. It is the duty of Christian hermits, he explained, to serve both God and humanity through prayer and penitence, and that apparently includes suffering fools gladly...