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...June. Islamic law prohibits the collection and payment of interest, making it difficult for banks to attract deposits from devout Muslims. Instead, Azizi launched a program they called Qismat (or "luck") Banking, in which customers opening new accounts are automatically entered in a lucky draw for cars, TVs, gold jewelry and other prizes. It may sound more like a lottery than a savings account, but no fees are charged, and customers can withdraw their money any time after three months. Since the program launched in August, Azizi has drawn $20 million in Qismat deposits alone, capital that...
...biopsy. Barr already has that in the works. He is preparing a multicenter international trial with 2,000 patients that will start in January and take about a year. In the interim, women should not forget a yearly mammogram starting at age 40. For now, it remains the gold standard of breast-cancer screening...
While the issue is undeniably global in scope, it is particularly significant for places like China—a country in which thousands of “gold farmers” are paid to sit at computers all day and obtain valuable items in online games for resale to first-world clients. Against this backdrop, such incidents look less like the actions of obsessed nerds, and more like the advance wave of an emerging society in which virtual realities are worth killing...
This cover shows unwavering focus, from the main title in giant gold block letters to the artistic rendering of the man himself looming over the authors’ names. Then there’s the red background, a not-so-subtle homage to the “little red book.” Apparently it’s a national bestseller, and Time Magazine seemed to like it. Plus, who wouldn’t want “the unknown story” on one of the world’s all-time most notorious dictators...
RETIRED. Ian Thorpe, 24, fashion-conscious, philanthropic Australian freestyle swimmer who dominated the 400-m race, winning nine Olympic medals-five of them gold-as well as a record 11 world titles; in an announcement to a stunned press corps in Sydney. Nicknamed the Thorpedo, he explained that, though still at the top of his game, he had met his swimming goals and wanted to begin the rest of his life. "You can swim lap after lap, staring at a black line, and all of a sudden you look up and see what's around," he said. "That's what...