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  1. Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    Gerel, ChaoticGambler and everybody else: Performance for students in the international math olympiad and any related reasoning/arguments is a totally off track topic for this thread. The topic of this thread is whether to "Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO".
  2. Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    The topic of the thread is legalizing illegal immigration yes or no. Too much focus on H1B visas, employment immigration and IITs is really taking the discussion off-track. H1B Visas are a miniscule number compared to the number of overall loss of jobs in the USA. And even though high tech...
  3. Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    Immigration legal or illegal is a hot potato issue. There is one recent UN report which talk positively about migration (low skilled or high skilled) http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-05-voa18.cfm My take: Immigration is a huge win in the long term, an almost impossible sell in the short...
  4. TARP repayment and H1 restrictions

    the first question to ask is : " even if the banks return TARP money will they be in any position to hire at all? "
  5. Senate approves restriction on foreign hires by banks receiving bailout

    Please also see the bright side of things. All these bright people driven out of financial centers like new york are bright, and they could help less developed financial centers like Shanghai, Mumbai etc develop. They do not necessarily have to compete with american firms, all they might do is...
  6. Senate approves restriction on foreign hires by banks receiving bailout

    The opposers of Foreign workers point out: 1. foreign workers are hired only for cost alone-- i.e pay more to the American worker.. The folks mad at bank Executives feel: 2. The Banks swindled tax payers money -- those Banks should reduce costs/pay including of their executives (which...
  7. Elective Help

    hi, For the Quant admissions: grades like linear algebra- B , prob stat -B ,diff eq -C are not somethings that look that great. Subjects like discrete math, graphs are of lesser importance although they show some mathematical ability. Regarding the course you wish to take, you need to see...
  8. Recession

    hi, I guess they would be doing analysis a little differently from economists -- who concentrate on the big picture.. quants would be mre interested in more focussed analysis of say credit quality of risky companies, interest rate analysis for bonds etc..
  9. About Finance Certifications and improving my profile

    hi, If there are no financial classes that you could take nearby -- try working in software companies that develop financial software. Also, you could read a few good books/pulications and write your analysis in the SOP. Basic thing is you need to show more that an average level of interest in...
  10. Greetings

    I thought IITs graded on a GPA of 10..so how did you conclude your GPA on a 4.0 scale? I do not know whether to laugh or cry at your comment about 25 being too old..(Andy's question ) Anyway GPA not being close to the highest is a negative, but as you can see the stats from the baruch MFE...
  11. Old Lane Closed

    Actually a more interesting fact I learned was a couple of weeks ago. Citigroup wrote down a lot of assets that came wih the Old Lane purchase.. So I am not really sure..what was the purpose of buying Old Lane? It also raises questions about its founders..
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