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Back in Peru, Mibanco now offers consumer loans. It pretty much has to. "Our main business is for microcompanies, but people also want to buy a TV or a refrigerator, and we need to have the capacity to give a loan," says Llosa. "If we don't, they will go to another institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Trouble In Small Loans | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...just felt that America was not ready for $4 gas and we would see a pause here," he says. "And we are seeing a pause." But even a sustained turn toward conservation in the U.S. wouldn't affect the main long-term drivers of higher oil prices--stagnant production worldwide and burgeoning demand from China, India and other emerging markets. So pay heed to Rainwater's choice of that word pause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Oil Bubble Burst? | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...oldest rule in politics applies: those in the know probably aren't talking, and those who are talking probably don't know what the candidate really thinks. While neither presumptive nominee is expected to reveal his choice before July, advisers say each is seeking a partner with two main traits: someone qualified to be President and someone the candidate likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

Luckily, Harris' IT team was able to solve one problem for doctors and nurses right away with the digital chart. Hospital policy mandates that every time a Cleveland Clinic patient sees a doctor in any of 37 buildings on the main campus or dozens of satellite locations in Florida, Abu Dhabi and southeastern Ohio, that doctor will be holding his or her medical chart. With paper records, physicians didn't have those records 20% of the time. As soon as charts were digitized, EHRs were at their fingertips. "No more repeat tests, no more taking extensive histories," says Gene Lazuta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Mouse Practice | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...worldwide who enter symptoms into an Internet form and then send test results to doctors via FedEx. Cardiologists silently, invisibly monitor patients' pacemakers and other implanted devices remotely to make sure they're functioning correctly. Soon robotic carts will transport supplies and sanitary waste from the buildings on its main campus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Mouse Practice | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

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