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...during the protests, and newspaper fashion writers have offered help on blending in. "Boring cardigan, neatly buttoned and worn with a skinny-ish tie and narrow fit trousers" should offer male bankers some anonymity, one wrote this week. As for women, "flat boots", and "leopard-print cardigan" ought to give marchers the slip. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hang the Bankers! Getting Ready to Vent in London | 3/28/2009 | See Source »

...other component of the stench is blood. "We feed them certified cattle blood," said Nikonov. "And on national holidays we give them veal blood as a treat." For Nikonov, who was trained as a chemist, breeding the leeches is an art. "It looks like it's just a jar full of water, but there are millions of chemical processes going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leeches: Fresh Blood for Russia's Economy | 3/28/2009 | See Source »

...offering special discounts to Britain. How do you manage that? Our list price is used as a reference price in other countries, so drug companies believe that a no from NICE is damaging globally. So they set up what we call "patient-access schemes." Drug companies may either give away certain portions of treatment [such as the last few doses of a course] or reimburse the NHS for those patients who don't respond, which has the effect of reducing the price of the drug and lowering the cost per QALY - even though the reference price stays the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Is a Year of Life Worth? | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

Koutoujian said that Koh built consensus—an ability hailed by a number of his colleagues—by convincing all the players that it was in their best interest to give the hospital a chance to stay open...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Koh Tapped To Be Assistant Secretary for Health | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

...anyone who's ever been around a disruptive child knows, refusing to give the kid attention is often the best way of shutting the troublesome tot up. Perhaps that's a tactic members of the European Parliament regret not using with France's extreme right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Le Pen Get European Ceremonial Post? | 3/27/2009 | See Source »

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