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...progress of women's opportunities. Progress always comes with costs. With the minority choosing to abandon the workforce for their infants, it's fair to say public and private sector policies need also to embrace this change. Otherwise the real cost will be borne by the next generation. Frank Howard, LONDON...
...There is no need for stricter regulations; they are already stringent enough," says Frank Petermann, an attorney specializing in medical law. "From a legal standpoint, it's difficult to understand how the Ministry of Justice can work out a draft bill that violates the Swiss constitution." That is one of the arguments that EXIT, Dignitas and other supporters of assisted suicide are vowing to use in their fight to maintain the existing law. "We will do all we can to combat this attempt at taking away our freedom," EXIT president Sobel vows. "If need be, we'll force a nationwide...
...focus has been on the dialogue of veterans; he will often project video of the veterans speaking, while broadcasting their words. His most recent work, created for and shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, is smaller in scale, but does not depart from the frank manner in which he addresses war. Wodiczko attempts to make his audiences understand the nature of war by inundating them with emotionally charged visual and auditory material. He comes tantalizingly close by plastering safe and static public buildings with the frightening chaos of a foreign war, but his aggressive approach overwhelms...
...worst-case scenario, Dodd wants the SEC and FDIC to continue to have the power to dissolve failed banks, while the Administration would give power over big banks to the Federal Reserve. Dodd will also unveil new rules for over-the-counter-derivatives trading, whereas Frank has put off dealing with derivatives reform until next year...
...Dodd proposal would likewise strip the existing regulators of their consumer-watchdog role, putting that authority in a new, separate body, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). In this Dodd, Frank and Geithner agree that a single agency should not be responsible for both ensuring bank stability (read: profitability) and protecting consumers. The CFPA would have rule-making, supervisory and enforcement authority to hunt abuses in lending and fee-setting. The FDIC would continue to exist as an insurer of deposits, while the Fed would continue to control monetary policy and oversee national financial stability...