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...people who are suspected of evading German taxes by stashing their money in Swiss bank accounts. The decision wasn't made easily: the deal prompted a weeklong bout of soul-searching in Germany, with critics accusing the government of playing into the hands of a common criminal. It also caused a spat with Switzerland, which has stood firmly behind its banking-secrecy laws and is keen to protect its shining image in the financial world. (Watch a video on global business tips from Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Germany Is Paying Ransom for Stolen Data | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Other important developments in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment also occurred in the 1980s, says Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang, chair and medical director of developmental therapeutics at US Oncology, a cancer-services company. Better biopsy techniques and drug treatments emerged, making castration and use of estrogens, the most common therapies for prostate tumors, almost obsolete. Such advances may have contributed to the drop off in suicides seen in the post-PSA era. "There may be an element here of the treatment for prostate cancer that was causing excess suicide," says Vogelzang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Cancer Patients at Higher Suicide Risk | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...mail to the Harvard community yesterday, University President Drew G. Faust hailed the new collaboration as a “creative tool for enabling connections among people in the Harvard community with common interests...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Competition Seeks Ideas About Diabetes | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Though they may be only one step toward improving lives around the world, vaccinations are of the utmost importance. A simple inoculation can prevent common diseases that would otherwise cause death, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s pledge acknowledges the very real possibility of improving global health via vaccinations. In that sense—and ignoring his unnecessary commentary about global priorities—Gates’s pledge for the coming decade is a wonderful and laudable example of an entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Strong out of the Gates | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Director Michael M. Donahue ’05 says he and the organizers of the production went to Common Casting last fall without a set number of undergraduates in mind. Besides choosing six production assistants, they ended up selecting three freshmen to round out their cast. These nine students also participated in the A.R.T. Institute’s January Undergraduate Theater Training Intensive, a graduate-level theater program from January 4 to January...

Author: By Anita B. Hofschneider, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Stairs' Leads Collaborative Effort | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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