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...troubled of the big banks, Citigroup, the figure is 27%. (Citi's domestic depositors account for just 16% - its main deposit base is overseas.) These bank bonds are mostly in the hands of large, sophisticated institutional investors - pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds. It may be too much to ask small depositors to monitor the risks at the banks where they put their money and pay for getting it wrong. But these bond buyers are pros. If there is to be any market discipline of risk-taking by banks, bond investors ought to be the ones who enforce...
Next Questions Ask Ford CEO Alan Mulally your questions for an upcoming interview, at time.com/10questions...
...blogs and online news sites had already covered every imaginable detail of the “story.” BevReview.com, a website devoted exclusively to relaying news about the beverage industry, was, unsurprisingly, the leading source of information of the unfolding soda saga. The website featured a frequently asked questions section, pictures of unused prototype labels, and hypertext links to articles about other real sugar sodas. Just in case an 800-word essay speculating bottle design had left anything out, the blogger reminded the reader, “As always, keep your browser pointing here at BevReview.com for further...
...Where do you think you’re sneaking?”“I’s leaving.”“Well, that’s no good.”He waited politely.“May I ask why?”“Well, as you know, my hearing’s been real poor since the accident. So there ain’t much of the service I can hear.”Was that silence I heard? I whirled around as I tossed him a “Well...
...graphic novel and hopefully a little bit from the movie, is that the morality of policing your neighbors, the morality of being a vigilante in the case of superheroes, is a slippery slope.”Snyder says he hopes the film will prompt the viewer to further ask, “‘Who polices the police?’ or ‘Who watches the Watchmen?’ or ‘Who governs the government?’”Focused more on illustration than narrative, comics did not always spark such philosophical...