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...zigzagged and he has waffled and he has backtracked. His decisions and his motives have been harshly questioned on Capitol Hill and by the press. And he's just tired. He gave off the vibe today that he might just be counting the days until he gets to hand off the whole mess to Larry Summers, Tim Geithner or whoever President-elect Barack Obama chooses to succeed him. (Read more about TARP...
Ireland's attempts to navigate its way out of trouble will be watched closely by its neighbors. The country's economic boom, which followed years of underperformance, drew both international plaudits and curious visitors. Delegations from Chile to China dropped in to learn first hand from its turnaround. But just as Ireland offered a blueprint during the good times, so its recent stumble - and prospects for recovery - may offer lessons to others in the grip of the global downturn...
...Harvard men’s soccer team holds destiny in the palm of its hand...
...face was replaced by Barack Obama’s. Or maybe it was the black woman who sat in the seat across from me, beaming when our eyes met. Or maybe it was the word “Obama” that was shouted and whispered and passed from hand to hand down the subway carriage like the watchword we had all been waiting for. We all seemed to walk a little taller, as though we were the ones who had done something to be proud...
...Another worry that goes hand in hand with stimulus packages like this one is the possibility of stoking inflation. For the moment, though, Beijing can breathe easy on that issue. After wrestling to control rising inflation over the past 18 months, the government reported recently that China's Producer Price Index "declined sharply to 6.6% year-on-year in October, from 9.1% in September," Ulrich of JPMorgan wrote in her report. She noted that the Consumer Price Index, which will be released this week, will also moderate further from last month's level of 4.6%, which was the fifth successive...