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...trade it for 20% of NASDAQ, Qatar suddenly triggered a potential new bidding war by swooping up a nearly 10% share of the Nordic exchange. There may be room for more than one financial center in the region. Yet Dubai and Qatar seem bent on a showdown, with Dubai betting on its venture with the Americans and Qatar with the Europeans. "Both of them," one banker tells Time, "think there can only be one megaexchange in the Middle East." But they have jointly served notice to New York City and London that the gulf is a powerful new player...
...game: Final: 23-7, Harvard. Only The Game awaits. We'll see you next week for what is already being billed as the showdown of the century. Thanks for reading...
...showdown has also reminded Kurdish leaders how dependent they remain, despite the trappings of independence, on their patrons in Washington, who are working to diffuse the crisis, and on the government in Baghdad, which leapt to the defense of the Kurdish region. And since many Kurdish observers suspect that Iraqi Kurdish independence - not just the PKK - is the target of Turkey's efforts, the Turks may have already won this skirmish in the battle of northern Iraq...
...League play, benefited from a strong performance from many of its sophomores and bench players. “We accomplished what we wanted to,” senior co-captain Matt Hoff said. “[It was a] good rebound game from last weekend.” The showdown in New York started off well for the Crimson, which watched as a pass to Columbia’s keeper, Michael Testa, found its way into the net after Testa slipped trying to recover the ball. The own goal was recorded after only 22 seconds of play. Shortly thereafter, junior...
...champion Dartmouth had its hands full with Princeton on Friday night, notching the winning goal with just 4:16 left in an eventual 4-3 victory. The Big Green cruised on Saturday, skating to an 8-1 triumph over Quinnipiac. Yale and Brown squared off in an Ivy League showdown on Saturday, and the first-place Bulldogs pulled out a 3-0 shutout win. ECAC heavyweight St. Lawrence secured two wins over Wayne State in non-conference play. Harvard, Dartmouth, and St. Lawrence are tied for second place in the ECAC. —Staff writer Rebecca A. Compton...