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...recent black politician whose candidacy has been seriously affected by Klan opposition. "They haven't been a significant factor for many years in American politics," he says, calling the White Knights' announcement a "publicity stunt." And many students say the plan for "invisibility" makes the Klan seem weak, not intimidating, and insist that no one on campus has any interest in entertaining the group's views. "Take our indifference," the Daily Mississippian's editorial board wrote in an open letter to the Klan on Sept. 16, "as the ultimate symbol of your failure...
Banks also learned lessons from the 1997-98 financial crisis, which was partly caused by weak risk management. Lenders haphazardly tossed money at conglomerates for questionable industrial projects and property investments, and they chased high-yield, high-risk investments around the globe. But they paid the price in bank and finance company failures. In August 1997 Thailand closed 42 finance companies, Indonesia closed 16 banks two months later, and South Korea closed 14 merchant banks in December 1997, according to Merrill Lynch. Others were sold or merged. Those that survived cleaned up their act. Credit analysts are more thoroughly trained...
...market oriented U.S. government steps in to bail out much of America's financial-services industry and China revs its own state-run economy. "There is a paradox that as the state elsewhere returns to play a prominent role in managing national economies, in Italy the state is too weak to handle this situation," says Goldstein. The Italian economy seems to suffer from the worst of both worlds: inadequate state and inadequate market. At least they do it in style...
...captain David Tune led the team with six weekend tallies, while sophomore Alex Thompson logged an impressive hat trick against Iona, matching junior Egen Atkinson with three tournament goals.Perhaps more significant than individual performances, though, was the reminder that the Crimson by no means stumbled in the face of weak competition, but rather battled fiercely against the best of the ECAC. Of the eight teams invited to the Championships, Harvard was the only squad not ranked in the Collegiate Water Polo Association top 10.Despite the results, many of the Harvard players feel the team should not be counted...
Although the Wall Street crisis might have job-seekers in a panic, Harvard’s Office of Career Services (OCS) is countering the downturn with a new philosophy and a new interim director, Robin Mount. Many graduating seniors are nervous about the weak economy this year, as there is sure to be a reduction of job openings in the popular finance sector (last year, 20 percent of graduates went on to work in financial services or management consulting ). Fortunately, well before the economy’s recent plunge, OCS had already begun work on this year?...