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...Lewis got a slap on the hand. Shareholders of Bank of America (BAC) voted to separate the chairman's role from the CEO's and the bank's board was forced to elect a new chairman, Walter E. Massey, a college president who has been on the firm's board for so long that he is as responsible for the bank's trouble as anyone else involved in the company's governance...
Despite some brief humiliation, Lewis got the one things he wanted: he still runs Bank of America and has a rubber-stamp board that supports...
Consumer spending by America's large middle class is an important indicator of economic recovery. GDP numbers from last quarter and opinions from the Federal Open Market Committee may not be as accurate an indicator of the health of the middle class economy as are the results of Starbucks last quarter...
...best. Working together, we will get through this challenge as well." But if the demands to close the border succeed, Texas would have not only a public health challenge on its hands; it would face a disruption in trade that would send an economic tsunami into the heart of America...
...will now be able to get firsthand information and assistance, and also provide our experience," said Dr. Yeh. With its experience fighting SARS, Taiwan is considered one of the more well prepared places for outbreaks of communicable diseases. On Tuesday, health experts began inspecting air passengers from North America before they disembark from their planes, and keeping anyone with flu-like symptoms for further tests. At least this year, Taiwan will be able to fully join the fight against swine flu. "With the recent outbreak, " Dr. Yeh said Wednesday, "the whole world needs to fight this together...