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...number of analysts have pointed out, private equity has no interest in stakes in troubled banks even at a steep discount to their current market values. To help improve banks' capital bases, the Administration will almost certainly have to take the money it has given and is about to give to banks, and convert it into common stock. That will crush current shareholders and it will create the problem of how taxpayers ever get paid back. (See 10 things to do with your money...
...most products have a kid-friendly feel - Elmo and Grover on the juice boxes, food packaged as "P'Sghettti Loops," toddler toothbrushes and such. Still, the intent of the "R" Market is clear. With nondiscretionary products like toys more vulnerable to consumer-spending swings, Toys "R" Us needs to give parents more reasons to shop at its stores. "Certainly, we believe this is right for the times, or we wouldn't be rolling it out," says Gerald Storch, chairman and CEO of Toys "R" Us, which was taken private, for $6.6 billion, in 2005. "This direction is very consistent with...
...convenience, say the experts, especially when grabbing items that they really need. "Is it a good idea? It's the only idea," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a retail consultancy and investment bank. "Mothers are going to the store with their children, and to the extent you give mothers another reason to shop, you win. I compliment them for reacting. Doing nothing is not an acceptable answer." (See 10 things to buy during the recession...
...breakthrough to come in time to help her 6-year-old daughter Gianna or her 5-year-old twins Vincent and Marz, who, she says, are doing well thanks to early intervention programs and specialized classes. "If I could spare a family what we go through, I'd give a kidney," she says. "Let that be my kids' gift to another family...
...first people wearing masks. At the Cathedral downtown, the church was full. But some worshippers, mostly old people and children, wore surgical masks. The priest said that communion would not be placed on the mouth but on the hands of each parishioner; he also asked them not to give peace to one another by kissing or shaking hands, advising that they simply turn right and left to acknowledge fellow parishioners...