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...Cabinet members are being investigated for allegedly receiving payoffs, while another was sacked in May because of suspected links to another graft scandal. Indonesia is still deeply corrupt. But the perception that S.B.Y. is taking the problem seriously is boosting business confidence. From January to May this year, foreign direct investment in Indonesia grew by 164% year on year, to $9.78 billion...
...control over. His new movie, Ghost Town--a small, hilarious romantic comedy about a dyspeptic dentist besieged by the dead to help them complete their unfinished business--opens Sept. 19 and marks the first time Gervais has taken a major role in a movie he didn't write and direct. "I was being a baby. I didn't like being away from home. I don't like not being in charge," he says. "I think I grew up a little...
...just Frannie we're talking about here. There were also $29 billion in government loans behind Bear Stearns' shotgun marriage to JPMorgan Chase & Co. in March, although since they were made by the Federal Reserve--which can print its own money--it's not a direct cost to taxpayers. Then there are the $4.5 trillion in bank deposits insured by the FDIC. The first big bank bust of the current crisis, that of mortgage specialist IndyMac, cost an estimated $8.9 billion, leaving the FDIC with just $45 billion on hand to cover a likely rash of failures. But while...
...Others have turned to traditional grassroots efforts, including projects to ban soda from school cafeterias and reduce the amount of direct junk-food advertising available on TV. These efforts are noble in intent, but lack the essential incentive so critical to the decision-making processes of the average American: the prospect of cold, hard cash. The easiest way to get Americans to lose weight is to offer a $1,000 tax credit to adults who sustain a BMI between 18.5 and 25—the range considered to be healthy by most medical professionals...
...first controlled study of direct-to-consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies, researchers at the Medical School found that such marketing has a modest effect, if any at all, on drug sales...