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...street. Zachery, who was 19 at the time, could think of no benign reason why this man might be interested in him, but instead of ignoring the driver and running on, he gasped out an answer. His car wouldn't start, and he was due downtown to take a test for a job with the fire department. If he was late, he'd be locked out, and 50 blocks was a long way to run, so he was almost certainly going to be late...
...Climb in, said the man. Zachery swallowed his misgivings, and away they went. They arrived at the test site with moments to spare. As Zachery bolted from the car, the man called out, with eerie conviction, "The job is yours." How did he know...
...nation's biggest banks, the U.S. Treasury is providing capital infusions and now a detailed stress test. Also, Citigroup announced on Friday the outline of a deal with Treasury to convert the government's holding of Citi preferred stock into common shares. The U.S. Treasury could end up owning more than 36% of the ailing bank. But confidence in the financial community remains low. Describing a vicious cycle of risk aversion, former Fed chief and current Obama adviser Paul Volcker told Congress's joint economic committee on Thursday that "an insecure bank faced with what it sees as insecure borrowers...
...probably the biggest discovery in lung cancer in the last 20 years. Lynch helped identify a new kind of mutation in the EGF receptor that has led to treatment for patients with this genetic mutation. “Because of this work we now routinely do this genetic test on our patients, and if they have this mutation, they take a pill once a day and have a great chance of achieving remission,” Engleman said. “In lung cancer, remissions are normally hard to come by.” In addition to his research...
...elections. But in order to fulfill any of her ambitious campaign promises - to stabilize the economy, quell jihadist activity and fight corruption, among others - the Prime Minister needs the cooperation, if not the support, of the army. And so her handling of this crisis will be a crucial test of her ability to balance the frustrations of Bangladeshis who are chafing under a powerful military with her own political imperative to maintain good relations with one of the country's largest, strongest and most stable institutions...