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“The Caisse must adapt to the current reality of thefinancial markets, which is very different from that of recentyears and whose impacts include a decrease in activity in someareas, more volatile markets and more stringent riskmanagement,” Caisse chief executive Michael Sabia said in astatement. The Caisse, an arm’s-length agency that manages investmentsfor various public and private pension plans in theFrench-speaking province of Quebec, has had to defend itsapproach to risk following the huge losses. The Caisse, which managed C$120.1 billion ($100.9 billion)in assets at the end of last year, said it would beef up itsrisk management group, adding about 20 staff. At the same time,it cut 55 positions in areas including hedge fund investment.The Caisse had 813 employees at the end of 2008. * Makes changes after criticism of risky investments Bonds  |  Global Markets  |  Private Capital  |  France * Cuts 55 positions, but adds 20 in risk management * Cuts jobs in hedge fund group By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO, April 30 (Reuters) – Caisse de depot et placementdu Quebec, one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers, shookup its management ranks on Thursday in the wake of biginvestment losses and criticism of the way it handled risks. Favre pulled some stumbling magic, Grant hurdled tacklers, Jennings caught big passers, Driver eluded the defense for some big yards…this place is going nuts.No matter where you were today, you didn’t have as much fun as Packer fans did.And nope, I don’t think anyone will be going home for quite awhile.Go Giants! This article is also featured on PackSmack. Although IRC has attempted toidentify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or resultsto differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, theremay be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be asanticipated, estimated or intended.

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His only real impact was on a fourth down play in the first quarter. Other than that he was not a deciding factor.That didn’t matter though, Brady did what Brady does best He found open receivers. Luis Castillo also made a trip to the locker room after being blocked in the ribs during the first quarter.Needless to say, the Chargers are going to need all the healthy bodies they can muster up if the want to go into New England and take down the mighty Patriots. Billy Volek ended up finishing the game for him.Their star running back, Ladanian Tomlinson, missed most of the game with a bruised knee Antonio Gates was questionable and played sparingly. We also won’t feel the need to disallow people from buying tickets who don’t live in the area.Also pretty funny.But hey, let’s talk some football.The Chargers were beat up quite a bit during the Colts game.