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Putting banks through a series of "war games" will not work for the same reason that they do not work well for the military. The officers who set up the games do not have any imagination. They use past experience to determine what it likely to happen in the future...
The middle finger isn't the only digit with a message. The thumb talks too, but generally in happier tones, with an upward point indicating approval, good news or some other nicety. That pleasant gesture is thought to have sprung from the grim business of gladiatorial combat, when spectators in...
The idea was to determine whether the emotional impact of learned symbolic speech, or semiotics, could be as deeply felt as that of inborn gestures. Shrugging the shoulders, for example, is a universal - and inherent - gesture of confusion or surrender, probably because it lowers the head relative to the upper...
As it stands, nods to bipartisanship, which Americans have long supported, is a clear winner for Obama, so expect to see more of it in the speech. With Democratic control in the House and Senate, Obama has the ability to set the terms of the bipartisan discussion. He wins by...
Meanwhile, everyone with a stake in regulatory law will be watching closely to see what develops from a request that the Obama White House put out last month to the heads of federal agencies, asking for their ideas on how to revise both the government rulemaking process and the way...