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...before Congress, one starts to see that the proposed changes aren't really about dictating what a card company can or can't charge borrowers. There's a way to do that: impose interest-rate caps, as many states' usury laws do. That isn't what Congress is on track to do. Instead, the new law, which would build on regulations issued by the Federal Reserve and other agencies at the end of last year, would, above all else, inject transparency and fairness into credit-card contracts...
...Caution in India may be a watchword considering the global recession and Wal-Mart's blemished track record overseas. In 2006, the company pulled out of Germany and South Korea in the face of stiff competition and poor sales. Still, Wal-Mart has been weathering the economic crisis better than most. The company on May 14 announced it earned $3.02 billion in the three months ended April 30, about equal to the profit it made in the same period in 2008. Revenue fell 0.6% to $93.47 billion from $94.04 billion a year earlier. Highlighting the growing importance of markets such...
...attempt to discover the variables predicting happiness, researchers decided to track 268 Harvard sophomores over the course of their lives. Subjects were recommended on the basis of their “normality”; as study supervisor Dr. Arlie Bock explained to The Crimson in 1942, “To alleviate the disharmony of the world at large, we must start with the successful man rather than the unsuccessful, frustrated, or ill man.” Those chosen were Harvard men in the old sense: hale, well-adjusted sorts who kept a copy of A Shropshire Lad in their back...
...right track. Many American experts on China relations say relations between China and Taiwan are the best in 60 years. China can have a friendly relationship with Washington and Taipei and vice versa. A year from now, we certainly hope to achieve something on the ECFA issue and further normalize our relations with the mainland...
...crazy to ban paintballing. It's an extreme sport, but it's absolutely harmless," says Lars Herzig, spokesman for the Forum for Paintball Sport. "Several courts have already ruled that paintballing doesn't simulate killing, so the politicians are on the wrong track. Why don't they ban boxing as well?" (See pictures of boxing in Thailand...