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What would that mean for banks, and how would the program function? First and foremost, the senior Administration official says, it would be voluntary. The banks would come to the government. Treasury would not pick the ones that look like they need help and offer it to them. "We're trying to make these things as systematic and predictable as possible," the official says. "If we moved on this, it would be: Here are the terms; here's how it works; here's the guy to call...
...They're staying in the game at a moment when Time Warner is spinning off its 15 million cable subscribers. Since its failed bid for the Walt Disney Co. in 2004, Comcast has returned to its roots as a program distributor, smartly upgrading its cable systems so it can offer hundreds of digital channels as well as high-def TV, video on demand, and broadband and telephone service. The company is also shelling out $1 billion--along with other companies like Time Warner Cable, Google and Intel--to fund a wireless Internet venture formed by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire...
Buell's newest models, the 1125R and the 1125CR, offer more horsepower with the company's first-ever liquid-cooled V-twin engine; its other bikes have air-cooled ones. The success of these models, due in part to people's turning to fuel-efficient motorcycles because of higher gas prices, has helped Buell boost U.S. sales 15% over the past year, even though the motorcycle industry's sales as a whole are flat because of the economic downturn. At $11,995 a pop, these toys aren't cheap. Still, 55% of the company's market remains overseas...
...them. I sat crumbled and defeated on the floor, wondering what I would do in a leggings-less life. To my surprise, the possibilities were wide. So wide that I decided to ditch my skintight spandex and get lost in a pair of wide-leg pants. Wide-leg trousers offer the solution to all of my issues with skinny jeans: One, you can breathe; two, you can move. That’s all I really ask from a pair of pants. Now, let me clarify that these aren’t the days of JNCOs—days when...
...write that Clinton, "simply has more God-given talent than any politician we've ever seen." You're not the first to note something like that, but you do offer some psychological reasons why.Think about the possibility of being both the smartest and the most empathic person in the room. These are traits that are completely independent of each other. That's like being both the smartest person in a room as well as the tallest. What are the odds of that? With Clinton, you have someone who is bright, energetic, empathic, extroverted, and curious. It's like a quintuple...