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A skeptic might observe that avoiding firm predictions is a good way of avoiding being proved wrong. As one such skeptic, I sit down for a reading with Ashby. Here's what she tells me: "You work in an industry that's very fluid" (true) and "you have a tendency...
Stossel says he first learned about industry’s impact on the medical profession after joining the advisory board of Biogen Idec Inc., a Cambridge biotechnology company.
Krumholz says the debate is not about whether industry should be involved in medicine at all, but rather what interactions are ethical, a question the profession must answer if it is to retain patients’ confidence.
...course, the Wall Street professionals are also leaving behind the most uncertain time in finance in their careers. The credit crunch has effectively shuttered a number of markets and put a halt to most mergers, leaving some on Wall Street with little to do. What's more, in the past year, financial professionals have gone from masters of the universe to subjects of ridicule. That makes now a good time to switch to a profession that seems more beneficial to society, even to Wall Streeters...
• Considered one of the most successful young reporters in the business, Rattner nonetheless left the profession in 1982 to become an investment banker. He worked at Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley and eventually Lazard Freres, where he served as deputy chairman.