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...Thanks to the FBI's wiretap, the complaints - filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office (criminal) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (civil) - contain some amazingly sordid snippets. In one, Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi, a portfolio manager at another hedge fund, apparently discuss how to avoid attracting the attention of regulators. In another, the two contemplate whether the senior vice president at IBM would be more valuable to them at a different firm. In a third, Chiesi, upon sharing non-public details about an upcoming reorganization of the microchip maker AMD, tells an alleged co-conspirator...
Nevertheless, people will still refuse to get vaccinated, which will greatly increase their chances of contracting the virus. They can then become carriers who can contribute to the further spread of the disease. The resolve to avoid vaccination is bolstered by popular personalities like Glenn Beck, who said on his radio show that the vaccine could be “deadly,” and comedian Bill Maher, who on his Twitter feed called anyone who received the H1N1 vaccine an “idiot.” Regardless of the validity of these claims and the science that strongly...
...keep down the final price tag of the reform bill; they insist it actually costs more than $1.2 trillion over 10 years instead of the less than $900 billion the Congressional Budget Office estimates the Baucus version of the bill will cost, all of it offset by cuts to avoid adding to the deficit. (See 10 players in health-care reform...
...Kamachiku This family-run noodle shop, set in a century-old granary with a modern addition designed by architect Kengo Kuma, overlooks a soothing Japanese garden. Arrive early to avoid disappointment: the handmade udon is so good, it's gone by 1:30 p.m. on weekends. Tel: (81-3) 5815-4675, 2-14-18 Nezu...
...Anglican leaders, the Vatican announcement is the latest minefield to manage in their ongoing effort to avoid a full-fledged schism within their 80-million-strong church, which includes 2.2 million American Episcopalians. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is juggling the gripes of Anglicans of all philosophical stripes and ecclesiastical sensibilities, most notably as battles over women and gay clergy have undermined that prized "communion" within Anglicanism for more than two decades. (See the styles of Pope Benedict...