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...solution without breaking the sanitary seal. "Clearly, sterility doesn't matter given that death is the desired outcome," Nitschke says. But the solution deteriorates slower in a sterile environment, allowing those with painful conditions to "lock it away in the back of the cupboard in case things gets too bad." The extracted sample is then mixed with chemicals from the kit; a color change indicates a lethal solution. (See pictures of suicide in the U.S. Army recruiters' ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...These are only a few of the issues to be fixed with credit default swaps. Although they are not innately bad instruments and can provide much-needed liquidity, when left unregulated they can be used in ways that cause tremendous detriment to our financial system. It is not surprising that investor Warren Buffet refers to credit derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction...

Author: By George Hayward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Regulating Credit Default Swaps | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...chocolate business may be more a matter of psychology than economics. "There is well-documented evidence going back to Freud, showing that in times of anxiety and uncertainty, when people need a boost, they turn to chocolate," says Garelli of the IMD. "That's why when the economy is bad, chocolate is still selling well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chocolate Sales: A Sweet Spot in the Recession | 4/11/2009 | See Source »

...Grand Slam meal with a friend. She went to Denny's just for the promotion, which she saw online the previous day. Blakovich was satisfied. But she's probably not coming back anytime soon. "It's not just here - I don't want Denny's to feel bad," says Blakovich, 46. "I'm cutting back everywhere, not going out as much at all. The economy sucks." Despite the best efforts of Denny's, free food and hungry drunks can't change that fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denny's: Where the Food Is Free and Drunks Can Pee | 4/11/2009 | See Source »

...Resources Institute, says that people will not learn to ration water unless it hits their pockets. "We need to understand that it is a more valuable commodity than oil and prices must reflect that better," Klop says. "Cheap subsidized water is not helping people. It is giving them a bad service." However, radically hiking the prices of any basic commodity would be a tough sell for any politician, especially in a turbulent democracy such as Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dry Taps in Mexico City: A Water Crisis Gets Worse | 4/11/2009 | See Source »

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