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Lipson, who started the publicly traded company 27 years ago to sell equipment like ultrasound machines to China's then generally ill-equipped public hospitals, says she first approached officials about a private-model health-care experiment in the early 1990s. The result was Beijing United Family Hospital and Clinics...
The timing of the move was extraordinary and should be seen as a sign of relative confidence. It came, as Ulrich put it, in "stark contrast with major offshore markets - including the U.S., where regulators temporarily banned short-selling in recent weeks." And leverage - using borrowed money to buy or...
By EVA M. DELAPPEContributing writerAndy Warhol was a dangerous combination of magnetism, fame, and power. His strong persona, coupled with his mechanical, industrialized production of art, made it easy for individuals involved in Warhol’s studio-cum-entourage—the Factory—to slip through the...
Franklin D. Roosevelt-who served from 1933 until his death in 1945-was the first occupant of the Oval Office to serve more than two terms (he was elected to four). Like Bloomberg, Roosevelt-who helped America weather the Great Depression and accepted his nomination to a third term while...
A new study looks at this problem in a wonderfully inventive way. In previous studies, academics have looked at variables like years of education and the effects of outside forces such as nondiscrimination policies. But gender was always the constant. What if it didn't have to be? What if...