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...media play lately. Fox News talker Bill O'Reilly instead refers to the firm as an assemblage of "swine." Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi, showing more creativity if not sympathy, calls the firm a "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Much Profit at Goldman and Morgan? | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

When the film Blood Diamond came out in 2006, people were startled at the alleged origins of the precious stones from areas of bloody conflict and began asking whether the jewels on their fingers cost a human life. Will consumers soon find themselves asking similar questions about their cell phones and computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Blood Diamonds, Now Blood Computers? | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...forced to foot the bill for their incarceration? It's on a sliding scale. The highest level is $200,000 and above; [inmates worth that amount] will pay all their stay. If you're worth $40,000 or less, you wouldn't pay anything. You can't get blood from a stone; we're not trying to cause pain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Prisoners Pay — Literally | 7/22/2009 | See Source »

...extending the Potterverse out toward the horizon in all directions, with the blessing of J.K. Rowling. There are two Harry Potter conventions this year, LeakyCon in Boston in May and Azkatraz in San Francisco in July (following the release of the sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, on July 15). Paul serves on the board of directors of the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), an activist group founded to promote the ideals and values of the Harry Potter books in the real world. Under the motto "What Would Dumbledore Do?" the HPA works to draw attention to social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Boy Who Rocked | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...Visit RottenTomatoes.com for the latest reviews of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Boy Who Rocked | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

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