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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Your dad was a jazz musician. Did he let you listen to your music or was it all jazz all the time? He was far too hip to be trying to tell you to turn some bulls___ off. As a matter of fact, my father was the one who encouraged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

There's nothing like financial Armageddon for reviving the work of an old economist. Amid the recessionary doom and gloom, the world has channeled Adam Smith, dusted off John Maynard Keynes and revisited Eugene Fama. In recent days, it's been James Tobin's turn. Close to four decades since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Idea to Tax Financial Transactions | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Expect to see heavy price-discounting among most retailers this holiday season, but not as aggressive as last year's stunning markdowns. "On average you might see 30% to 50% off, but last year was 75% to 80% off," says Tiffany Co, director of retail at Fitch Ratings. "I don...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailers Gear up for Black Friday | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

To reduce the risk of another round of panic selling, Saks and other retailers have ordered up to 20% less inventory for this holiday season. "You clearly aren't going to see the kind of discounting that you saw last year," says Sadove, although he doesn't rule out 70...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailers Gear up for Black Friday | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

You can see it as you're flying into New Delhi - or rather, you can't see a thing. As the plane descends to the Indian capital on an ordinary November day, it is immersed in air so polluted as to be opaque, a brownish sludge that scatters any sunlight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Carbon: An Overlooked Climate Factor | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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