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...Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown (speaking of mergers). As a practical matter, Bicher notes, Glass-Steagall lost its teeth long ago. Exploiting loopholes and a remarkably tolerant Fed, banks and insurers and brokerages have been invading one another's turf for two decades. Still, some new combinations are inevitable. Says David Stumpf, senior bank analyst at A.G. Edwards: "We will see some consolidation among banks and insurance companies, with banks doing the buying...
...many of the new proposals to rein in cybersquatting would make it too easy for trademark holders to go after regular folks who register any of the countless words or names many companies have dibs on. That's what happened to David Sams, a Los Angeles man who registered veronica.org for his 22-month-old daughter. Archie Comics threatened to sue, claiming it had the right to Veronica--and Archie, Jughead and Betty. The company backed down, but the bill passed by the House would make it easier for a company in Archie Comics' position...
...Into Thin Air, handles "Will There Be Any Wilderness Left?" while Peter Benchley (of Jaws fame) addresses the consequences of overfishing in "What Will Be the Catch of the Day?" Richard Preston, who wrote The Hot Zone, muses about "What New Things Are Going to Kill Me?" while Dr. David Ho weighs the chances for an AIDS vaccine. Three of our staff members--Christine Gorman, Michael Lemonick and Jeffrey Kluger--tackle the revolution in smart medicine ("Will Robots Make House Calls?"), the crisis in nutrition ("Will We Keep Getting Fatter?") and the prospects for repairing spinal-cord injuries ("Will Christopher...
...Reported by David E. Thigpen/New York
...tidy as one might wish. Writer Stephen J. Dubner's talks with Kaczynski in prison revealed a man who is not the archetype of evil, complete with horns, but rather a banal, pitiful human being who committed violent and immoral crimes. And so what if the Unabomber's brother David Kaczynski and David's wife are complicated human beings who had emotions other than pure altruism in making their decision to turn Ted in? Struggling with honest human emotions is not a crime...