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...Banks write-offs usually come after the economy has already cracked," says James Paulson, chief investment officer of Wells Capital Management. "The charge-off rate looks to have peaked." (See the worst business deals...
...headaches that were so bad they made you nauseous, landed you in bed and sometimes lasted for days, you'd have a right to be depressed. Indeed, that has long been the reasoning behind the high depression rate among people with migraines - 46%, about four times higher than the rate in the overall population. The cause and effect - bad headaches lead to bad mood - seems obvious...
Levamisole also affects acetylcholine receptors throughout the body, which can boost heart rate - and studies of cocaine users show that they associate jumps in heart rate with getting high, spurring good feelings even before the drug hits the brain. A cut that accelerates heart rate might make them think they're getting the real thing. In the brain, levamisole may affect the same acetylcholine receptors activated by nicotine, another addictive drug that raises dopamine levels - which may be another clue to levamisole's lure. (See pictures of the antinarcotics police in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia...
...close race between Brown and Coakley led to a high turnout in the polls. Overall, Massachusetts had a 54 percent turnout rate, with 54 percent of eligible Cambridge voters casting their ballot in the special election...
...dark side, says Dalton Conley, social sciences dean at New York University. "High-income women marrying high-income men is one of the drivers of inequality," he says. "It affects the distribution of income between families." He notes that among college-educated high-income couples, the divorce rate is getting lower, while unmarried low-income men and women tend to partner up and then uncouple more rapidly. "This leads to family instability and a cycle of disadvantage," says Conley. Single parents often have trouble moving ahead in their careers, while low-earning parents have little income to save or invest...