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What does this mean? Greene suggests that in some circumstances, real honesty is not about overcoming the temptation to lie but about not having to deal with that temptation in the first place. On an fMRI image, at least, the lying brain may look no different from one that's simply contemplating whether to lie. "Within the dishonest group, we saw no basis for distinguishing lies from honest reports," says Greene...
...July 17 blasts deal a blow to Indonesia's image. Yudhoyono's resounding re-election on July 8 was widely viewed as a sign of growing stability in the country. Foreign investors had been returning to the country, which is seen as a Southeast Asian success story - a nation where Islam and democracy peacefully coexist. Now that idyll has been shattered...
...However, the government would almost certainly need to renegotiate its $6.3 billion agreement to reimburse the Dutch and British who had accounts with Icesave, the internet arm of the now-defunct Landsbanki, which collapsed last October. The deal was a condition of the IMF bailout, and Iceland has 15 years to pay it back. But the sums total almost half the country's annual output and could jeopardize any recovery...
...Sharks' precarious finances were thrown into further turmoil this year when a major sponsor, a fertilizer and fireproof-material conglomerate called Xiyang Group, pulled out of a contract two years early. If Yao's ownership deal does go through, as expected, it's not clear how much input Yao will have in shaping the team. Although he is a product of the state-run sports machine that still dictates much of the Sharks' athletic direction, Yao has, in the past, issued oblique criticisms of the creativity-stunting and motivation-sapping style of Chinese hoops. Even if he takes the helm...
...arrests come weeks after the collapse of a bid by Chinalco, a state-owned Chinese aluminum manufacturer, to invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto. That timing prompted some observers to suggest that the arrests were retaliation for the spurned investment. (Read "Another Deal Blown, Where Will China Invest...