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...flawed, however. One massive problem: there are many more recent studies than those surveyed in the article, which looked only at pre-approval trials conducted before 1999. Nicholas Francis, a U.K. spokesman for Eli Lilly and Company, which produces Prozac, says that the new study "does not take into account that today more than 12,000 patients have participated in Prozac clinical trials and thousands of scientific papers have referenced Prozac, supporting its use in the treatment of depression." Some 50 million people worldwide have taken Prozac, and in a company statement Lilly said it "is proud of the difference...
...Chase, Citigroup, American Express, Capital One and Discover?now float about 75% of all outstanding credit-card debt, according to The Nilson Report. Consolidation allows competitors to be less competitive: from 1995 to 2005 the average late fee soared 162% from $12.83 to $33.64, according to CardTrak.com. Fees now account for 39% of issuers' revenue, up from 28% in 2000 (interest accounts for the rest), according to card advisor RK Hammer. The industry is so buoyant that transaction-giant Visa is planning an IPO this spring that could raise more than $10 billion in capital...
Kruhly said that diversity is a major consideration in creating the honorary degree class, with factors like geographic location, academic field, and gender taken into account during the selection process...
...today an all-you-can-carry buffet would suddenly give hungry undergraduates pause, reducing the astronomical amount that gets thrown away. They would also consider the relative costs of each item of food. If salads are much cheaper to produce than sandwiches, student decisions should take this into account. Whether HUDS priced food at the cost of producing it or with a margin for profit, they would almost certainly save money, which would help them deal with rising food prices and ease their putative budget woes. The quality of the food, too, would almost certainly increase. Certain meals, such...
...million supporters thronged the streets of Karachi to greet her return from exile strains credibility, especially as most journalists and observers put the number at a generous 300,000. Most egregious however, is her overwrought descriptions of the terrible blast that same night. The death toll is enough; her account of watching a video of the event later and hearing the faint cry of Jeay Bhutto - "long live Bhutto" - from the wounded as they lay dying in the streets smacks of political aggrandizement...