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...Grudge Report. Maybe the Oscar voters simply hate Cameron; apparently that's an easy and widespread feeling in Hollywood. The evening provided ample evidence that some categories were a popularity contest - not among the mass of viewers but the 5,000-plus Academy voters. They may as well have scrawled, "We like you, we really like you," on their ballots next to the boxes checked off for Best Actress Bullock (The Blind Side) and Best Actor Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart). The victors' chief competition, Meryl Streep and Clooney, were two more examples of the haves: 16 Oscar nominations...
That being said, the housing is certainly not deserving of its widespread “Dumpster” reputation. N housing is almost guaranteed for sophomores, and the size and layout of rooms is, at the very least, on par with that of other Houses like Lowell and Winthrop...
...dramatic federal investigation of Switzerland's UBS has blown the lid off bank secrecy - and revealed how Swiss banks abet tax evasion on a far more widespread, if more banal, level. Over the past two decades, these secret banking services have been peddled progressively downmarket - first to the lesser-known fabulously wealthy, then to just the wealthy; more recently, private bankers have been tripping over themselves soliciting business from doctors, lawyers and other folks who are what the biz generally calls "high net worth" individuals. "The IRS has been concerned for decades that a combination of a global economy...
...that secrecy for years to come. Credit Suisse, which took a net capital outflow hit of $5.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, reported it had about $100 billion of private, cross-border assets from politically sensitive or tax-sensitive countries. But when stress tested in simulations of widespread tax amnesties, it showed that $25 billion to $35 billion might flee. That sounds huge, but with some $800 billion under management, it's just a couple of quarters of growth, explains Matthew Clark, a Swiss bank-equity analyst with the financial-services firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods...
...Despite widespread support for the President's policies, there is little question Uribismo will be weakened without the man himself to stand up for it; many of the votes that would have gone to Uribe will be up for grabs. "A lot of people voted for Uribe not because they really liked Uribismo," says Isacson. "So you could see voters being drawn off to other more charismatic candidates who are not Uribistas...