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...executives of European companies are now under pressure from their boards to do deals in order to boost growth. "The subdued M&A activity over the past three years had a lot to do with the fragility of ceo confidence," he says. But companies now are looking at the growing number of deals being made "and they're asking: Are we being too cautious?" It remains to be seen whether this round of dealmaking will be more successful than the last one, when many firms got caught up in merger frenzy and ended up overpaying for sometimes dubious assets. Several...
...part by China's and Japan's historic demand for Treasury bonds. Absent unprecedented foreign demand, Treasury bond yields likely would be well above short-term yields today-and Chicken Little would have no audience. That's not to say the yield curve won't invert again, and grow more pronounced. If it does, be warned. But we're not at the breaking point today, and may not get there for years...
...terrible setback for South Korean science and for a nation that has been hoping to become the world leader in therapeutic cloning technology-that is, the idea of using a patient?s own cells to grow replacement parts for failing tissue. And for Hwang himself, who seemed to be leaving other scientists in the dust, things have gone from bad to worse. He?s still insisting that two of the 17 human stem-cell lines he says he created through cloning are legitimate, but the university is looking into those as well-and sifting through his data on Snuppy, which...
He’s freshman point guard Drew Housman, and his rookie campaign continues to grow more unbelievable with each passing game...
...umbilical cord can determine whether a baby risks a fatal infection, but every culture has its own traditions. They cut with a coin for luck in Nepal and a stone in Bolivia, where they think if you use a razor blade the child will grow up to be a thief. There is no one solution to fit all countries, and so the model the Gates Foundation and Bono have embraced pulls in everyone, at every level. Think globally. Act carefully. Prove what works. Then use whatever levers you have to get it done...