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...money. AIG has no money of its own. It has planned to sell off some of its divisions to raise capital. With one or two exceptions, there have been no takers. Perhaps the cause of that is tight credit markets, or perhaps the AIG operations that are one the block are not terribly attractive...
...Cocaine, amphetamines and methamphetamine all block dopamine transporters and leave dopamine in the extracellular areas," says Volkow. "Modafinil does the same." (Read "Can One Drug Cure Addiction to Another...
...there is anything that has so far prevented modafinil from becoming as widely abused - and as highly addictive - as some drugs, it's that it appears to lack the one-two punch of many other stimulants. Amphetamines, for example, don't just block the cleanup function of the dopamine transporters but actually boost overall dopamine output at the same time. That's a little like discontinuing your trash pickup at the same time you double the amount you're throwing away. Modafinil stops at step one - canceling the garbage trucks...
...Then he announced that he had instructed his Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, to seek "every single legal avenue available to block" $165 million in bonuses that were awarded last week to the very same traders at AIG's financial-products division who made the bad bets in the first place. This was a politically necessary thing for Obama to say, even if it lacked a punch...
President Barack Obama took to the podium in the East Room to tag AIG by name, calling its financial predicament a product of "recklessness and greed." The President said he has asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to "block these bonuses and make the American taxpayers whole," adding, "This isn't just a matter of dollars and cents. It's about our fundamental values...