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What's more, many of the banks getting money now appear to be in fine financial shape. U.S. Century Bank, for example, boosted its net interest earnings, a key measure of profitability for banks, nearly 20%, to $12.6 million, in the second quarter of this year. Yet in early August the government decided to send the bank $50.2 million in TARP funds. U.S. Century executives say they plan to use the money to increase lending and boost profits. "The banks that are getting the TARP money now really don't need it," says Steve Verdier, who heads government affairs...
...long as they treat all Internet use equally. When ISPs start deciding which sites reach the masses and which don’t—no matter the criteria—they distort the marketplace of ideas and stifle the spirit of equality that has helped the Internet shape our world...
...helps to see the course and get a good feel for it before we go back to race there in four weeks time. I think we’ll be ready for the Ivy Championships.” It only remains to be seen how such a race will shape up after Harvard unveils the full strength of its roster next week. —Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...what his stadium represents - and not just because it has lots of glass and exposed steel and none of the corny nostalgic touches that baseball parks go in for these days. Jones didn't want a stadium that would just look like the future. He wanted one that would shape it, or at least shape the future of football, a game that for most people is something seen only on television. Jones thinks more of those people should be coming out to games - preferably the ones his team is playing. He likes to point out that just 7% of National...
...health-care crisis was at the top of the list. We will not let political posturing get in the way of progress. It's this same posturing that is why we're in this mess today - and it's also why the Republican Party is in such bad shape today." (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...