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Person of the Week GOOOOOOAL!After his record $68.6 million transfer from Juventus last summer, expectations were sky-high for Real Madrid midfielder Zinedine Zidane. He earned his keep with the winning goal in last week's European Champions League final. Can "Zizou" lead France to another World...
...proponents of parity legislation argue the cost-benefit analysis actually favors employers in the long run. Asked about employers' fears that blanket coverage could send insurance costs sky-high, Dr. Katon pointed out that while the there could be financial benefits to employers who extend coverage to mental disorders. "I think employers would actually benefit from coverage, even if it is more expensive, because employees who are well are less likely to call in sick or take extended time off," Dr. Katon says...
...related supply disruption is doing so now. And it might even have the desired effect - just as Sept. 11 has made "reducing our dependence on foreign oil" a cause celebre of both parties (the disagreement is over how to do it), a politically painful stretch of sky-high oil prices could see Washington getting serious about reining Sharon...
California has, as they say, some issues right now. Its budget deficit could reach $12 billion, its energy costs remain sky-high, and its politicians are still fighting over how to fix the failing public school system. But Governor Gray Davis devoted much of his State of the State address last week to more life-and-death matters. "All four hijacked planes were bound for California," said Davis, dressed in a blue shirt, a red tie and an American-flag lapel pin. "More than 100 fellow Californians paid the ultimate price for our freedom." In memory of those who died...
...financed with gray money, they couldn't be traced back to Parekh. In its May report, SEBI said it believes the Big Bull was using the Calcutta gray market to ramp up the prices of his stocks. If that is the case, it worked for a while. But the sky-high prices were unsustainable and came crashing down in March, bringing the whole market with them. Singhania and three other brokers who had placed orders for the Big Bull defaulted on large payments owed to the exchange, leaving it nearly unable to meet expenses. At first the crash brought grief...