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...innovation leads to financial crises. That's because the risks of new financial products are so easily glossed over--until that fateful day when they can't be anymore and markets respond by freezing up with distrust and fear. That's what happened with subprime mortgages and the securities built out of them...
...Independent Diplomat (ID), a nonprofit organization that helps marginalized governments and political groups maneuver through the complex, secretive machine of international diplomacy. In a world in which rich, powerful countries make decisions for everyone else, Ross, 41, reckoned that there must be a better way to do things and built a small but determined staff of former diplomats to put that idea into practice. "Our work is based on the belief that everybody has a right to some say in the resolution of their issues," he says...
...best ramen bar! My dangerous Fugu adventure!—my search turned up empty. Then came the nostalgic period. It started with the green tea bean jelly at the Roppongi Building in Tokyo Midtown. It continued with the lotus-seed bun at a local 7-Eleven and built right through the cow tongue before Karaoke, the glutinous rice balls at Miyajima, and the plum wine at a restaurant in downtown Tokyo that tasted exactly like Clearly Canadian’s Wild Cherry Soda. “It” was the Proustian sensation of being suddenly launched back into...
...that 2006’s “St. Elsewhere” didn’t have some great songs, but it was hard to look past the duo’s gimmicky nature and appreciate the album solely for its music. The immense stardom of Gnarls Barkley was built on goofy movie-inspired press photos, thousands of “Who Is Gnarls Barkley?” posters plastered across New York, and one insanely popular single. However, two years later, Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo have successfully faced the challenge of proving they have the substance to back...
...Though Macedonia packed its bags in disgust, Georgia and Ukraine managed to put some positive spin on events. And though Washington was disappointed, there was success for the U.S. on its plans for a missile defense system after the Czech Republic agreed to allow a radar system to be built there...