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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- At last, an economic strategy that can muster truly bipartisan support: House Minority Leader John Boehner's call this week to fire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic adviser Larry Summers.

Boehner, who was not previously known for his insights into economics, found a surprising resonance in the press with his call to get rid of President Barack Obama's top two economic aides.

The Ohio Republican, who would probably become speaker of the House if Republicans gain the majority in midterm elections, noted that Obama's economic team is "exhausted," and that Budget Director nike airmax 2009 Peter Orszag and Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer have headed for the exits. Read more about Boehner's speech.

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"President Obama should ask for - and accept - the resignations of the remaining members of his economic team, cheap nike shoes starting with Secretary Geithner and Larry Summers, the head of the National Economic Council," Boehner intoned solemnly in a speech to the City Club of Cleveland.

Not much of a strategy, you might say. But, like most presidents, Obama is not himself an economist and has relied more or less blindly on the guidance of his top two economic advisers, who have not counseled him wisely.scarpe nike Many Democrats as well as presumably all Republicans would be happy to see Geithner and Summers go.

These two men, each in his own way fairly discredited even before they took office in this administration, get much of the blame for the failure of Obama's economic policy.

It is the president himself, of course, who, with the curious lack of leadership that has characterized his time in office so far, ultimately bears the responsibility.air max shoes Changing the economic team is no guarantee that Obama would adopt a more forceful and coherent economic policy, but it is a necessary condition for getting there.

Obama would be wise to follow Boehner's advice immediately and show before the midterm elections that he is ready to embark on a bolder course.

But this is unlikely to happen with a president who took a year to fill two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board in the midst of our biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression and who is still dithering over a head of the new Consumer Finance Protection Agency, the keystone of his own financial reform Air Max Nike shoes .

But wait, you say, didn't Geithner and Summers manage to avert a financial collapse and a precipitous slide into a new depression? Perhaps. But they essentially implemented policies already decided upon in the previous administration and had a lot of help from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. And we'll see about the depression.

The problem is they did not chart a course out of the crisis that fulfilled Obama's promise of bold new policies. Instead, they pushed a series of half measures - an economic stimulus that was too small, a financial reform nike shoes that was too weak - that have produced only a halfway successful recovery that leaves virtually everyone unhappy.

It was a predictable result from policymakers who were instrumental in creating the conditions that led to the financial crisis in the first place. At Treasury during the Clinton administration, Summers was a guiding force in the financial deregulation that led directly to the crisis. Geithner also worked at Treasury then and later, as head of the New York Fed, sat on his hands as banks built up bloated positions in bogus credit default swaps air max classic .

The financial crisis completely discredited these policies and begged for new people with new ideas to take the helm. Instead, Obama turned to two policymakers who had already exhausted their credibility.

It may not be too late to take drastic action. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz raised the call last week for a change in the economic paradigm.

Citing the failure of reigning economic models to predict the onset or impact of the crisis, Stiglitz concluded in an op-ed in the Financial Times: "Today, not only is our economy in a shambles but so too is the economic paradigm that predominated in the years before the crisis - or at least it should be."

Tweaking these failed models may help temporarily, Stiglitz said, but a long-term cure requires a "paradigm shift."

This is something a president can do. John Kennedy did it when he boldly implemented a Keynesian policy of federal deficits (through tax cuts!) to counter the 1960 recession. nike air classic Lyndon Johnson continued the policies with such success that Time magazine proclaimed in a famous 1965 cover story, "We are all Keynesians now."

Ronald Reagan forcefully championed Milton Friedman's monetarist theories, which, for a time, worked in a different way to support economic growth.

But things change, and the financial crisis demonstrated it is time for a new theory. air max lebron It was, and perhaps still is, Obama's chance to step into Kennedy's and Reagan's shoes and adopt a bold, innovative policy.

What is certain is that this bold initiative won't come from Geithner and Summers. A paradigm shift is probably not what Boehner had in mind, but if Obama wants to salvage his economic policy, he should follow the minority leader's advice and get some new advisers.

Jay-Z has collaborated with Nike to create five pairs of custom shoes for a charity auction.

The rapper, who performed at the opening night of Nike's World Basketball Festival on Thursday, created original Air Force 1 sneakers inspired by the event's five participating countries for the company's All Black Everything range, reports the Daily Star air max 09. Only two pairs of each shoe were created, with one of each being listed on eBay to benefit Jay-Z's Shawn Carter Scholarship foundation.

"We're excited to bring together the international prestige of Jay-Z and the USA Team on stage at famed Radio City Music Hall to open the first World Basketball Festival. nike max air This will be a historic night," said vice president of Nike's Global Brand and Category Management Trevor Edwards in a statement.

"We're also honoured to collaborate with Jay-Z on limited nike airmax 2009 edition Air Force 1's that celebrate the countries participating in this inaugural event."

A female teen claims she was kidnapped Monday morning in the 4500 block of Norman Trail.

The victim says she was approached by four males while walking to school. The suspects forced her into the bed of a truck and attempted to sexually assault her. The victim escaped, and the suspects drove away in what is described as an older, silver Ford pickup. nike shoes The truck is said to have four doors, a small dent on the tailgate, a tinted back window, and a blue tarp in the truck bed.

A sketch of the first suspect is included. He is described as a Hispanic or black male in his early 20s. He is six feet tall with a muscular build, and was last seen wearing a diamond earring in his right ear, a blue baseball cap with a white brim, baggy denim shorts, and red and white Jordan tennis shoes.

Police say the second suspect is a Hispanic male also in his early 20s. air max classic He was last seen wearing yellow or orange “DC” logo shirt,
yellow Nike tennis shoes and a blue baseball cap with a white brim.

The third and fourth suspects are described as Hispanic males in their early 20s, also wearing blue baseball caps with white brims.

Austin police are investigating. nike air classic If you have any information you are asked to call the Child Abuse Unit at 974-6805, Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS or text "Tip 103" + your message to CRIMES. air max lebron You may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000 if your tip leads to an arrest or charges being filed.

How many Chinese brands can you name? Probably fewer than the fingers on your hands, reckons the Atlantic Monthly journalist James Fallows. He's probably right. The typical American buys products made in China, like Nike shoes or Apple iPhones, but probably can't name many Chinese brands at all.

Still, we shouldn't make the mistake of thinking that Chinese companies are incapable of branding. nike airmax 2009 That's what Fallows suggests, and his logic would be right if this were still 2005Five years ago most Chinese companies did indeed compete mostly on price and distribution. Their management teams didn't have the savvy and patience to build brands, and their consumers were extremely price sensitive. Moreover it had taken decades for Japanese and Korean firms like Sony ( SNE - news - people ) and Samsung to become household names in the West.

Yahoo! BuzzBut in 2010 it would be foolish for executives to underestimate the competitiveness of Chinese brands. Take Li Ning, the sports apparel maker. cheap nike shoes It just announced that it had surpassed Adidas ( ADDDY.PK - news - people ) in sales in China even though Adidas had spent tens of millions of dollars as the official sponsor of the Beijing Olympics two years ago. Li Ning is no longer competing just on price. It has hired Americans to work as shoe designers near Nike's ( NKE - news - people ) Beaverton, Ore., headquarters, opened retail stores in the U.S. and Singapore and hired high-profile celebrity endorsers including Shaquille O'Neal.[url='http://"http://www.nikeeb.com/'] scarpe nike [/url]Its wide range of products appeals to Chinese consumers, while Adidas has been too slow to introduce new products and has been hit hard by a glut of inventory.

Kevin Garnett, the Boston Celtics great, opted out of his contract with Adidas to be the celebrity endorser for Anta, another up-and-coming Chinese sports apparel maker. Executives at Puma ( PMMAF.PK - news - people ), New Balance and other sports gear makers should be concerned. They are facing aggressive, marketing-savvy domestic competition in a retail market that is growing 16% to 18% a year.

Unlike other developing markets, like Nigeria or Columbia, China confronts multinationals with well-capitalized, ambitious local competitors that often get preferential support from the state.[url]http://"http://www.nikeeb.com/[/url] My firm, the China Market Research Group, recently interviewed dozens of senior executives at multinationals in 10 sectors to find out what they felt were their biggest challenges operating in China. They are concerned about rising Chinese players that are no longer positioning themselves as simply cheap but are actually moving up the value chain. This is happening in industries from health care to clean technology to consumer products.

Look at Google ( GOOG - news - people ). Our research suggests that Google failed in China in large part because consumers believed that Baidu had far better Chinese-language search capabilities, not just because of an unfair playing field. In head-to-head search comparisons we conducted, Baidu's results weren't necessarily much better than Google's, but its branding as the site that knows Chinese better than Google and that has technology as good has helped it dominate.air max shoes Unused to serious local competition, Google was slow to roll out local services and marketing campaigns that would resonate with Chinese consumers. Similarly, Ctrip, an online travel site, is beating up Expedia ( EXPE - news - people ), and Taobao, Air Max Nike shoes the online auction site, remains far ahead of eBay ( EBAY - news - people ). They are better branded, and they fit the needs of local consumers better.

The New York shop is among a still relatively small number of agencies pursuing such "skin-in-the-game" deals, which, when successful, can enhance the entrepreneurial reputations of executives known largely for making ads. By taking equity or a cut of revenue in these ventures, agencies such as Trumpet, The Brooklyn Brothers, Deutsch, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Berlin Cameron United and Anomaly eschew traditional client compensation schemes and demonstrate a willingness to take risks with the potential for longer-term rewards.

"That's what clients are asking agencies to do -- share some of the financial risk. Lawyers do that," said Arthur Anderson of Morgan Anderson Consulting in New York.nike air max tailwind 2009 mens "I think there's a very large market out there . . . Wouldn't [a client] rather have a skilled advisor who has some real skin in the game and hopefully will be motivated in large part by making you successful?"

Anomaly's Cosmos venture is among its most ambitious, involving the establishment of a limited liability company, the creation of a 120-page prospectus, the wooing of investors and the recruitment of international soccer icon Pelé. Johnson, as CEO of the New York Cosmos LLC, is central to the effort and the intellectual property deal, which, for Anomaly, began a year ago with a meeting in New York with Cosmos rights holder Paul Kemsley and ultimately aims to bring the [url='http://"http://www.nikeeb.com/nike-air-max-tailwind-2009-women-c-24.html']air max 2009 women [/url]Cosmos back to life as a franchise in Major League Soccer.

The obstacles to winning a place in MLS are formidable. The Cosmos will need a stadium, at least $40 million to enter the league and much patience because the Red Bulls franchise in New Jersey has exclusive rights to the region until 2013, according to Johnson. And if the Cosmos gain entrance into the league, Johnson estimates that the team will need hundreds of millions of dollars to operate.

Then there's the larger question of saturation: air max 2009 flywire Can a market that already fields a dozen professional sports teams support a second MLS club? Johnson obviously thinks so, but Terry Lefton of Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal isn't as sure, particularly given that other teams are spread out across the U.S. and Canada.

"Their last four or five franchises have great buildings, really deep pockets and outstanding ownerships. So, just because you're the Cosmos doesn't mean a lot to me when you're stacked up against those guys," said Lefton, who covers sports marketing and sponsorships in New York. air max 2009 women "You need to have good financing, a path to a new stadium and a really good plan."

Right now, the Cosmos company is focusing on building credibility and reestablishing roots in the New York City area. In June, Pelé signed on as honorary president in exchange for a stake in the operation. (Anomaly also has equity in the Cosmos -- described by Johnson as a single-digit percentage of the company. To date, the agency cost has been time: a core group of four or five top executives work on the project, with help from another three or four when needed. Johnson, for example, works 18-hour days, seven days a week to manage Cosmos-related business, his agency and key clients.)

Other Cosmos principals include Kemsley, as chairman; Anomaly brand strategy director Dan Cherry, nike 2009 air max as executive director of marketing; and director of soccer Terry Byrne, who has longstanding ties to players such as David Beckham.

Additionally, after an early round of fundraising, the Cosmos has invested in two soccer academies and purchased the annual Copa NYC tournament. Cosmos principals also are talking to New York City about providing soccer equipment and facilities for children interested in playing the game nike men's air max 2009 .

Of course, fundraising continues to be paramount, given the entrance and operations costs as well as the price of building a new stadium. Cosmos principals are eyeing Queens as a potential home, given the availability of land and that the borough is "one of the hotbeds of soccer in New York," Johnson said.

Anomaly's sports brand marketing experience has proved invaluable; the shop handles creative duties on Nike's Converse and Umbro brands and provides marketing and business advice to the Manchester City soccer club in the U.K.

Such credentials were key to Anomaly earning the trust of Kemsley when the blunt U.K. real estate mogul first met the shop's principals in August 2009. And, in sizing up the opportunity, Anomaly "felt that the potential of the New York Cosmos was huge," Johnson said. nike 2009 air max shoes "It's a global play with significant external funding where we are central to the outcome and it's in our wheelhouse of what we know. It really is bang-on. So, you can say with real confidence, we know how to do this."

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Jennifer Aniston is guest starring alongside BFF Courteney Cox on the season 2 premiere of Cougar Town, ABC announced Monday.

The show airs Sept. 22.

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Aniston, 41, will play a "shrink named Bonnie" to Cox's character Jules, the show's executive producer Bill Lawrence tells Entertainment Weekly.

"Kind of a get-too-involved-in-her-life-type of therapist,"nike airmax 2009 latest Lawrence explains. "Those guys are so close in real life they kind of do that for each other anyway. Bonnie has the life Jules wishes she has."

Might Aniston's role become a recurring one? "We're very intentionally implying that it's a therapist Courteney has been using for a while, and we're certainly not going to make it like they'll never see each other again," Lawrence says. "cheap nike shoes So I'm crossing my fingers that if she has a good time it'll happen again."

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It is the third time the BFFs have shared the small screen.

They famously costarred on the hit NBC sitcom Friends. In 2007, Aniston guest starred on Cox's short-lived FX drama Dirt. air max shoes On the episode, they famously locked lips.

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Aniston could use some career buzz:air max 09 Her latest comedy, The Switch, bombed at the box office this weekend, debuting at No. 8 with $8.1 million.

SCHENECTADY -- From 1960 through 2007, the Bishop Gibbons varsity football team registered a grand total of just three six-win seasons. In 2008, the Golden Knights snapped a 24-year streak of losing seasons with a 6-3 record.

Last fall, Bishop Gibbons once again registered a 6-3 campaign and added the school's first playoff victory.

"We know 6-3 doesn't happen without the right preparation, some excellent athletes, hard work and a little bit of luck," Bishop Gibbons coach Tom Pallas said. "I think the kids now expect to perform well."

Several key members from those back-to-back winning squads have graduated -- most notably quarterback Derrick Pitts, a first team all-state Class D selection.

Rensselaer has won two consecutive Section II Class D titles and perennial small-school power Cambridge returns to this classification, so where will the Golden Knights fit in?

One player who figures to have a great deal to do with how Bishop Gibbons fares this fall is junior quarterback Johnny Villanueva.

Last fall, Villanueva handled a number of different positions on varsity and also played quarterback for half the season at the JV level.

"I think with Johnny, the big question is the mental aspect," Pallas said. "Last year, we was a running back and receiver. He got the ball and found the hole, or he ran his route and got the ball. Now, he has to make the decisions. He has to look down the field and make the right decisions. Physically, he can do it. He is one of the best athletes on the team. He has to step up and fill Derrick's shoes. That's no easy job."

"I'm trying to keep up with what Derrick did," Villanueva said. "I definitely want to make the plays."

Villanueva, who competed on the varsity in basketball and track and field as a sophomore, is an admirer of New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. He also happens to be a cut-up, telling jokes the moment he arrives on the field.

"I like to have fun," Villanueva said.

"Johnny is a character. He is a loosey goosey kind of kid. He jokes around and keeps the team loose, but he gets serious when he needs to," Pallas said.

One thing Villanueva isn't fooling around about is winning football games. The junior believes some in Class D think the Golden Knights won't be as formidable without Pitts.

"I feel our team can still do it. We just have to execute our plays," Villanueva said. "I'm ready."

TWENTY-two-year-old Garreth Billings of Greenwood, St James has been reported missing since Friday.

He is of dark complexion, slim build, about 173 centimetres (five feet eight inches) tall with the letters 'GB' tattooed on both wrists and a crucifix and heart tattooed on his right upper arm.

Barrett Town Police report that about 6:25 am, Garreth left home for work at Freeport, Montego Bay. When he did not return as expected a report was filed to the police. nike shoes 2009 At the time he went missing, he was dressed in a blue polo shirt, blue jeans pants and a pair of brown shoes.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Garreth Billings is being asked to contact the Barrett Town Police at 953-2171, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.

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THE partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was dug from a shallow grave at Higgin Town, air max 09 shoes St Ann yesterday.

Reports from the St AnnÂ’s Bay Police are that they were summoned to Higgin Town about 1:00 pm, by residents who detected a foul smell in the area. Police who responded saw a freshly dug area an inspection of which revealed the partially burnt body of a man. The feet were bound.

Items of clothing were found buried several metres away. Investigations continue 09 cheap nike air max .

Man electrocuted in Trelawny

PETER Whyte, a 28-year-old security guard of Falmouth, Trelawny, was electrocuted at Summer Hill in the parish yesterday.

According to reports received from the Falmouth Police, about 3:45 pm, Whyte was on duty at a construction company when a passer-by heard screams coming from the premises. nike airmax 2009 He was later found hanging from the branch of an ackee tree which got entangled with the wires of the Jamaica Public Service Company.

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