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...claim that he and his colleagues were "doing God's work" was openly mocked. Washington is still contemplating ways to rein in finance-industry risk-taking, pay and profits. Expect more outrage soon as Goldman hands out huge year-end bonuses, which could average more than $700,000 per employee, just as Main Street's unemployment checks...
...America, Thomas Keller. In a decade when food became both entertainment and politics, when obscure ingredients filled grocery-store aisles, when I had to go outside in zero-degree weather to suck in air in order to keep from barfing after gorging on 22 courses at his restaurant Per Se but then ate four more courses, Keller led the way by focusing on being the best instead of hosting a Food Network show. For these reasons, Thomas Keller is TIME's runner-up Person of the 2000s. Seriously, the only thing easier than writing like that is writing the profile...
...per year, performers and protestors—such as the Tibetan monks who often demonstrate there—can obtain licenses to perform...
...Nike Without a doubt, the swoosh will stand by Woods. Nike has backed Woods since his 1996 professional debut and reportedly pays him $30 million per year. "I think he has been really great," Nike chairman Phil Knight told the Sports Business Journal this week. "When his career is over, you'll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now." Woods' sexcapades and subsequent absence from the Tour might not hurt Nike's $650 million golf business as much as you think. Golf accounts for less...
...they intend to purchase technology as a gift this year, the highest figure in the 16 years the organization has tracked holiday shopping patterns. On Monday, Dec. 13, Citigroup analyst Kate McShane raised her price target for Best Buy, the country's dominant electronics retailer, from $40 to $45 per share. "We are seeing stronger traffic at [Best Buy] in its laptop, Geek Squad and video-game sections, while traffic remains healthy in TVs and digital cameras," she wrote in a research note. (See the best netbooks...