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...academics and economists and even some Wall Streeters say proprietary trading and other principal investments played a much larger role in the losses that were at the heart of the financial crisis. What's more, if the firms had been barred from using their own money to buy mortgage bonds, much of the credit-and-housing bubble might not have been able to form...
...Morgan Stanley, say they have already exited proprietary trading, or at least limited their activities in that area dramatically. Goldman Sachs says proprietary trading makes up less than 10% of the firm's revenue. But many observers say the trading these firms do for their own accounts is much larger than they...
...facing cancer have about the same overall chance of divorcing as healthy couples, women with brain tumors or multiple sclerosis are six times more likely to be left by their spouses than men with the same condition are, according to a 2009 report in the journal Cancer. In a larger Norwegian study from 2007, 1.6% of male cancer patients got divorced, while nearly 3% of females did. (See more about divorce...
Before Gore’s speech, University President Drew G. Faust had boldly announced a new plan to reduce the university’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2016. While the Office of Sustainability, the new Resource Efficiency Program, and the larger Harvard community enthusiastically declared their support to meet these sustainable goals, Harvard as a research university and educational institution has failed to establish a comprehensive initiative dedicated to tackling the climate crisis and developing renewable energy technology. If Harvard wants to emerge as a leading green research and policy hotspot, it must take bold steps...
...made of any professional goals or aspirations. Angelina’s explanation of her job is an unintentional punchline (“I’m a bartender,” she tells us, “I do, like, you know, great things.”), and the larger objective of Pauly’s DJ gigs is to entice female club-goers. They’re not on the short list for Career...