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...things that struck us as we entered the general election was that two pieces of conventional wisdom had been stood on their heads. The first was that Barack Obama actually had a much better defined image with voters than John McCain did, especially on key attributes related to bringing about change in Washington: he had a 13-point advantage on "would stand up to special interests," a 12-point edge on whether he could "change partisan politics," a 26-point advantage on "would stand up for the middle class...
...Ahmed keep plugging away. He knows the easy sales may be over. "People are more educated and calculated," says Ahmed. "Now they are asking for a more detailed sales pitch. They want to know about the developer's track record." That's no bad thing. Prudence may be the key to preserving Dubai's appeal in uncertain times...
...even more potent quotient: the Obama effect--that quality whereby the more you get to know a politician, the more you like and trust him or her. This likability and perceived trustworthiness continue to grow over time. Across the board, Obama's ratings have steadily increased with key groups that had been cool toward him before. Likewise, regarding key questions--like, Whom do you trust to improve the economy, be Commander in Chief, handle taxes or handle the housing crisis?--Obama leads McCain in recent polls. Obama endures. He grows on you. He has time on his side...
...over the past 10 years and posting a 9.3 percent gain in fiscal year 2008, beating the endowment’s overall return of 8.6 percent. Private equity investments have taken a hit from current economic distress that has crippled investors’ access to capital—a key driver of gains in that sector. Harvard would not be alone if it did unload much of its private-equity portfolio, according to The Journal. The newspaper reported that the nation’s largest public pension fund—the $189.6 billion California Public Employees Retirement System?...
...Kirchner on Monday, when a Miami court convicted a Venezuelan secret agent of attempting to cover up an alleged illegal donation to her 2007 election campaign by Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chávez. Justice Minister Anibal Fernández accused Venezuelan-American businessman Guido Antonini Wilson, a Key Biscayne resident who collaborated with the FBI to secure the conviction of his former associate Frank Duran in Miami yesterday, of "being paid to say what he says." But that's unlikely to help soften the latest blow to a government reeling from a drastic fall in public approval ratings...