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...stress tests may do most for depositors, letting them know that their financial institutions are either in good shape or being repaired. That may allow the government to start rolling back some of extra safety nets it has set up over the past year. So even though the stress tests may not be a boon for investors, they are still a positive development...
...records. Put down 20 bucks on a record and you actually get some cool stuff with it. 2. FM: How about the more unconventional packages? D.A.: Fortunately we’ve had a lot of interest in these packages. In addition to making money, we’re also starting a movement. We’re gonna fight childhood and adult obesity, with one endurance event at a time. And since there are two of us we might be able to do two endurance events at a time some day. 3. FM: So are you looking at cardiovascular health here...
...students is the basis of his enterprise, INeedAPencil.com. Unlike more famous companies such as Kaplan and Princeton Review, which often charge several hundred dollars for a preparatory course, is geared toward low-income and underprivileged students.“WRITING” THE PROGRAMShah says he was inspired to start the project in fall 2006 as a junior in high school. While helping some sixth graders write essays about their Thanksgiving plans, one student asked Shah how to spell the word “ball” three times. “That really hit me hard...
...claimed that, in the age of 21st-century politics, when campaigns begin two years prior to elections and opponents are unwilling to compromise, “permanent campaigns” are the only feasible means of maintaining support. If Obama does desire to win the 2012 election, he must start now in order to avoid losing ground to opponents who do not have to face the demands of the presidency. But, although a “permanent campaign” may be politically savvy (as Obama’s strategists undoubtedly advise him), it is not politically advantageous...
Where Google Flu Trends may prove more useful, however, is in the tracking of an epidemic once it is under way. If the current H1N1 outbreak were to worsen and start to spread more quickly, then Google's system may be able to keep pace with it and alert health officials immediately as the problem grows. "If the disease starts spreading in a particular area, for example, and affects thousands of people, then we hope that our system would detect that within 24 hours," says Ginsberg. The idea would be to catch the rise in cases before too many people...