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...haunt companies down the road. "Stopping those payments can be a violation of an implicit contract, and that can affect people's sense of loyalty," says Stacey Kole, an expert on human-resources management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. "It's a natural trigger for people to look outside for alternative jobs." And employees remember such slights. "If you cheat me today," Kole says, "I'll remember that when I have options to go elsewhere...
...Conway says that boosting the levels of these bacteria has a variety of benefits: "Seventy per cent of your immune system is localized in your intestine, and intestinal bacteria trigger the immune system." The wrong balance among species can cause or aggravate flatulence, diarrhea, constipation, infections, cancers, and conditions like irritable bowel syndrome...
...that one heart attack is not the same as the next. Cardiologists think that cholesterol and inflammation conspire to cause heart attacks but that each person's genes and lifestyle influence how those factors interact. Excess cholesterol causes fatty deposits to build up within heart artery walls; those plaques trigger immune and inflammatory reactions in the body that tend to increase the instability and rupture of the plaques, which causes heart attacks. How aggressive the inflammatory response is depends on a person's genes, diet, stress levels and even exposure to chronic infections such as gum disease. So, the more...
...first six months of 2008, according to the filing, the company's earnings were "insufficient to cover fixed charges" by $80.1 million. This gaping shortfall, astonishing for a company that was throwing off more than $600 million in free cash flow annually just three years ago, could trigger defaults on its $8.8 billion in long-term loans. That, in turn, could jeopardize Las Vegas Sands' ability to continue "as a going concern," according to the filing. (See 10 Things to Do in Singapore...
Such drastic belt-tightening could trigger protests and political opposition; ruling parties will find winning re-election a lot harder. Since the end of communism, the region has introduced some of the world's most business-friendly policies, including, in Estonia, axing corporate taxes. Such policies are unlikely to disappear immediately. "If anything, we will strengthen them, to improve education and encourage innovation," says Juhan Parts, Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications. Whether he feels that way several months from now will depend on just how low Estonia and its neighbors sink. - With reporting by Adam Smith/London