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...would be surprising if the G-20 did not push for more regulations of global financial firms. The banks and brokerage houses are easy to blame, and the blaming has the benefit of being accurate. They created the financial instruments that helped bring the global economy to its knees and sold them to institutions all over the world. The world is going to be hell for financial firms operating anywhere in the largest nations in the world. They will be regulated at unprecedented levels. (See pictures of the G-20 protests...
...process of unwinding its large derivative-trading book; in the past few months, it has terminated as much as $1.1 billion in derivative contracts. Traders say Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and others have either driven hard bargains with AIG or made specific trades that would benefit from AIG's problems. Those moves are exacerbating the losses at AIG and increasing the cost of the insurer's bailout. "There is an argument to be made that the recent profits at the banks are because of AIG," says Bianco...
...study and head of the screening group at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. There are small-scale cancer screening efforts underway primarily in urban areas throughout Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but they serve only a tiny slice of the population who would benefit, according to Sankaranarayanan. For example, "in India, less than one million pap smears are taken each year," he says, a fraction of the more than 200 million women who are at risk for developing cervical cancer...
...Civic at the garage. Though he said the rate reduction would probably not induce people to switch vehicles, he said that the initiative “definitely increases awareness of environmental issues.” Though Benjamin J. Muchler, a Boston resident who owns a Volvo SUV, will not benefit from the discount, he said he supported the hotel’s decision. In addition to parking discounts, The Charles is honoring Earth Day by opening a “juice bar” in the garage, where customers can charge their hybrid and electric cars for free. The hotel...
...same time, Shumsky acknowledges that about 10 designers have pulled out of the fashion show this year because of a huge deficit in corporate sponsorships. "The smaller designers are feeling it the worst. It's logical, because their production level is much less, so they can't benefit from economies of scale," says Troika Dialog's Grankina. (See pictures of the Russian Czars' fashions...