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...part, that's testimony to the success of those G-men in dark suits. (There are women involved, but they're a distinct minority at Treasury and the Fed; men in light-colored suits are even rarer.) The U.S. government is a far bigger, more activist presence in financial markets than it was in the early 1930s, and this activism has staved off the kind of financial breakdown that sparked the Depression...
...major priority for regulators will be averting such lending binges--as new, tougher mortgage rules from the Federal Reserve aim to do. But at the same time, many on Wall Street and in Washington fear that the correction could careen into an economic cataclysm. That's why the Fed has intervened at the top of the financial food chain by cutting interest rates and bankrolling a shotgun takeover of the investment bank Bear Stearns. And it's why there's been lots of talk in Washington about doing something--anything--to slow the tide of mortgage foreclosures...
...main such effort has been a voluntary deal announced last December by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson in which mortgage lenders agreed to freeze interest rates for certain subprime borrowers. But thanks to the Fed, high rates on adjustable-rate loans are no longer the big problem. The big problem is that 9 million U.S. homeowners owe more than their houses are worth; they're upside down, in the parlance, meaning that if foreclosures are to be slowed, the mortgages themselves must shrink...
...also have long-lasting - and unhealthy - effects. Kim believes early feeding habits may contribute to the growing obesity epidemic among the youngest infants. "We need to answer the next questions that this study asks," she says. "What types of food are babies in child care eating? When are they fed? How are they fed? Are they eating higher calorie foods or just eating more often? We don't know anything about this yet." The answers to those questions might lead to some much needed guidance for shrinking the expanding waistline of American children...
...speculates that it may have something to do with their irregular eating patterns and caregivers' different feeding habits. Infants who are cared for at home, for example, can expect a constant and consistent feeding pattern. But a baby who spends her days in day care may get fed every time she cries, as a soothing mechanism. "We need to look at feeding practices more carefully - not just what the babies are eating, but the feeding environment," says Kim. "If children are cared for by their parents, they are exposed to only one environment. But if they...