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...sense trouble when Shemmer checks his overnight voice mail. There's a message from one of his superiors, and he sounds "mildly pissed." Apparently a report that Shemmer sent over yesterday contained a single incorrect figure about revenue growth, the result of a minor mathematical error. ("Banking is like that--we're detail, detail, detail oriented," Shemmer explains. "No spelling errors, no errors in numbers. It has to look professional.") Shemmer dials the boss on speakerphone. "Dino, babe," says the senior staffer caustically. Without a beat, Shemmer explains the error and tells him it's been corrected. "I apologize...
...EXPECT anything quicker than overnight delivery. If your malady can't wait and you're prepared to splash out $150 for the convenience of a physician who makes house calls, Expressdoctors.com is usually able to bring a doc to your door within the hour...
...Lopez admittedly isn't that into sports. "I don't follow it--I sort of know what's going on. It'll definitely be better if we win, but I'm not going to be devastated if we don't win." She'll be going down, staying overnight, the whole nine yards...
...Reed did not shake up the private bank, say investigators, until after being warned by a Citigroup board member. Says Reed in a statement prepared to deliver to Senators this week: "Changes did not occur overnight, and in retrospect, one could take issue with whether they happened fast enough...
...when he noted the smash overnight ratings for ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Dick Clark had an idea. "Not a stroke of genius," he admits. But as someone who remembers and starred on '50s network TV (American Bandstand), when such quiz programs as The $64,000 Question and 21 mesmerized viewers, Clark could recognize history repeating itself: "Game shows are so old they are new again." Next question: How could Clark get in on the revival of the action...