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...other athletes? There's no money in it. To get on a bike and look like Lance Armstrong, you're going to drop $8,000 or more. If you're an ultra-runner, you buy one pair of shoes. Tony Krupicka, one of the greatest young ultra-runners, has worn the same pair of crappy, cross-country flats for the past six years. It's actually one of the big debates in ultra-racing right now: some of the top competitors want there to be prize money, but the second money gets into it, the sport is ruined. Right...
...when an uneasy, skin-prickling moment dawned. Around me were hundreds of young white men and women, many of them drunk, chanting the national war cry - "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi!" Almost all were sporting the Australian flag. It was painted on cheeks, tattooed on backs and chests, worn as a sarong, bikini top, scarf or bandana, wrapped around shoulders and emblazoned on T shirts and baseball caps. I'd never seen so many manifestations of it. Was this a new fashion accessory, or some kind of political statement...
...Bear Stearns' backstory--how its eat-what-you-kill culture and deep dive into mortgage securities sowed the seeds of its demise--but the real draw is the book's surgical detail. The day Bear sold itself to JPMorgan Chase for a paltry $2 a share, its CEO, worn down by round-the-clock negotiations, stood in a Starbucks and softly cried as he waited for his coffee. Street Fighters won't hold up as the most comprehensive history of how high finance fell apart in 2008. But it may be remembered as the most human...
...what makes sense. That's my message to women, if anything, over the course of this, is, find your space. Find your spot. Wear what you love. Choose the careers that may have meaning to you, because there's always somebody who will say, "I wouldn't have worn that color, or why didn't you work at that...
...Public service announcements being broadcast on Japanese national television feature Aso urging the public to keep calm. Sales of medical masks have skyrocketed and masks are commonly being worn by commuters. Visitors to offices in Tokyo's financial center of Marunouchi as well as those entering the parliament building are now required to sanitize their hands and don masks. The chief economist at a major bank says his colleagues have canceled meetings with business associates who have arrived from abroad within the past five days. (See pictures of the swine flu in Mexico...