The scene played out in living rooms around Havana: a fond memory for the good early days of the revolution, followed by a pointed stab at today's bitter realities. There was praise for the revolution's accomplishments and skepticism about whether Raul Castro, elected by the legislature as the country's new president, can ever make life better.
You may think you have nothing to do with the debt crisis tied to foreclosures and the deteriorating housing market. But many investors actually have a piece of that ugly situation tucked into their money market mutual funds. Many money funds put cash into investments tied to the mortgage crisis and subprime debt, just like Florida's state-run investment pool that recently experienced a run on its funds.
*Editor's Note: For the next year the Mirror will chronicle the lives of three recent Drury graduates as they move from college life into the real world. This week's story was written by Josh Jones who graduated in May 2007 with a degree in Marketing. Jones is now working for the Green Corps as a campaign organizer.