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...objection may not be entirely self-serving. The European reservations mirror those of many members of Congress and a number of economists. Although the same analysis will be rehashed in London, the question is whether the financial world has changed enough during the two months since the G-20 gathering was planned for the major premises of the either side of the debate to have been altered. (See TIME's special package on The G-20 summit...
...Physicians are increasingly concerned about the hazards of multiple births, which not only increase risks to mother and infant during pregnancy and delivery, but also raise the chances of later developmental problems for babies who are often born prematurely. Although other studies have also shown the benefits of using elective single-embryo transfer to reduce multiple births, and the technique has become standard in several European countries, there is elsewhere a persistent belief that fewer embryo transfers will yield fewer pregnancies. The idea that more is better is difficult to shake...
...Although the hedge-fund industry has long relished the light touch of lawmakers and financial regulators, a new era is dawning for largely unregulated financial institutions, and rightly so. The huge systemic risks associated with hedge funds and other unregulated firms in the financial system have a ruinous potential in our economy. Yet these bodies have been allowed to operate with a minimal level of oversight for years. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s call for an expansion of financial regulation and increased transparency faces a long struggle through Congress but will prove a crucial framework for promoting future...
...game was all Brown. The freshman allowed just two baserunners, with Columbia’s only hit coming on a Keli Leong second-inning single, and she struck out the side in the second, fourth and seventh. Harvard went down in order in the third, fourth and fifth, and although sophomore Emily Henderson drew a leadoff walk in the sixth, she couldn’t advance past second base.“I think we’re going to try to switch up the lineup and spread out our hitters who have been hitting the ball well...
Khaled al-Asadi, a member of parliament's committee on civil society organizations, says that although Saddam's dictatorial regime was toppled, some of its habits linger. "Certain groups within government want to put their fingerprints all over the work of NGOs and the law governing them," he says. "They still think in terms of control and surveillance. The Iraqi people were raised on this mind-set. It's not easily or quickly erased...