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...lost all its muscle. Despite talk of nationalization and speculation that bad loans might soon push the bank into insolvency, Citi's bankers who advise other companies on mergers and acquisitions are having a banner year. Through the first two months of 2009, bankers at Citi were hired to offer guidance on more of the nation's largest deals than any of its rivals, according to Dealogic, which tracks financial activity. Globally, Citi has been a part of four of the six largest deals in 2009. Its biggest score came in January when it was picked by Pfizer...
...this is more insidious. In a digital system, doctors can't simply write whatever they want: they generally must select from predetermined choices. That runs the risk of nudging them toward diagnostic decisions based on the computer's choices. The structure of an EMR, in other words, can easily offer an open invitation to create hyped-up diagnoses and inflated bills...
...funds, money managers and other buyers. In the loan-buying program, private investors would put up 7% of the capital for a shot at close to 50% of the gains. The ratio in the securities-buying program isn't entirely set yet and will probably vary, but it should offer a similarly favorable risk-reward profile. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...hear your eyes rolling. But some claim there's actually something to the idea that humans can alter the physical world with their minds, and they offer research to prove it. Dean Radin, a senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, Calif., conducted a test in which, he says, subjects who ate Intentional Chocolate improved their mood 67% compared with people who ate regular chocolate. "If the Pope blessed water, everyone wants that water. But does it actually do something?" Radin asks. "The answer is yes, to a small extent...
...brighten up the place, I offer a housewarming present: a framed picture of me. Tester admires it a little too long and says he'll put it right above his desk--in a way that, if I did not know better, would make me think irony had reached Big Sandy, Mont. I cheerily point out that he's across the hall from Daniel Inouye, who is from Hawaii. "I get to say 'Aloha' every morning. Maybe he'll invite me to Hawaii," Tester says...