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...assumed pension-plan rate of return to 8% from 9.5%. Citi still faces as much as $10 billion in potential costs stemming from settlements, fines and shareholder lawsuits, Mayo estimates. At the same time, the bank is dealing with souring investments in Argentina and Brazil and is under a cloud for lending practices in the Caribbean. This should have been Weill's year. Citi's booming earnings have put it on track to unseat ExxonMobil as the most profitable corporation in the world. Fortune named Citi one of the world's most admired companies, and Chief Executive named Weill...
...John Cloud's article on Genelle Guzman-McMillan, the last person found alive in the debris of ground zero, was a beautiful story of survival in every sense [11 LIVES, THE SURVIVOR, Sept. 9]. The description of Genelle's new faith in God touched my mind, heart and soul. None of us know all the answers, but there is a definite purpose for our being here. We must continue to give God thanks for our life, strength, peace of mind and the ability to be steadfast and persevere. God is a good God. SHARON SMITH London...
VIEW FINDER The breathtaking views from the 88-story Jinmao Tower encompass the historic river-front Bund with its 1920 buildings and Pudong's Blade Runner surrealism. Enjoy a drink at Cloud 9, the bar at the Shanghai Grand Hyatt atop the Jinmao. Jinmao Da-sha, 2 Shiji Avenue, Pudong...
...hero is that classic figure of children's literature, the semiabandoned child. Ethan Feld is 11. His mother has died of cancer. His loving but grieving father is absorbed now in perfecting his prize invention, a family dirigible. Father and son have recently moved to Clam Island, a cloud-covered stretch of land in the Puget Sound where Ethan is the worst player on a hapless Little League team...
...this happen?” he asked. “He got mixed up with the wrong people and then drugs...That’s not an excuse for any of these actions, but it certainly does cloud someone’s judgement...