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...than people here may have suspected," says Jacques Mistral, head of economic research for the French Institute on International Relations in Paris. "France has been doing a pretty good job getting with the global program after all. But this crisis is a reminder that French financial institutions - and the wider French economy - are exposed to external forces, including those in a U.S. system we often criticize as reckless...
...decades, any episode of turbulence in the U.S. stock market or speculative finance sector was bound to provoke scorn across France's political spectrum. Detractors disparaged the U.S. economic model for rewarding short-sighted greed with indecent executive compensation, for its myopic focus on share price rather than wider-view company performance, and for its recurrent bubbles and busts. "People ironically asked when American markets would stop believing in free lunches," recalls Mistral...
...have to enrich the models, make them more complete, more complex, and bring in some of the richness that the real world can throw at us." Indeed, on Sept. 16, at the request of students, Wharton faculty held a "teach-in" to examine the current financial crisis in the wider context of risk management, among other topics...
...self-proclaimed “power-user,” was not happy by the change. “I logged into my Facebook, and it looked terrible. It looked like a tundra,” he said of the new interface, which is significantly wider and bluer. In the early stages of its launch, Facebook users were able to opt in and out of the new layout. The switch became mandatory and permanent last week.Chief among Bethel’s many complaints was the amount of work he suddenly had to do in order to navigate the Web site...
...vowed to "bring unity" back to Thailand. The new P.M. also vowed not to interfere in the ongoing court cases against his brother-in-law. Nevertheless, the basic rift between the rural poor, who support Thaksin, and the urban middle class and elite, who despise him, is only growing wider. Furthermore, another case that will reach the constitutional court in the coming months might force the dissolution of Somchai's PPP because of a vote-buying conviction against its former deputy leader. If that happens, Somchai will be forced to resign. And Thailand will have to scramble again...