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• House panel grills Lehman chief about bonuses
WASHINGTON - Congress heard Monday that Lehman Brothers, days away from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, was pleading for a federal rescue on one hand while steering millions in dollars to departing executives on the other. The first ...
• Economists getting gloomier about outlook
WASHINGTON - Forecasting the economy’s next move has never been easy. But as an association of business economists and forecasters gather here for their 50th annual meeting, the group faces the most difficult challenge in its history. Amid the ...
• Supreme Court's future hinges on election
A President Obama or a President McCain will likely be handed an opportunity to affect the makeup of the Supreme Court that is unprecedented in our history," said Wendy Long, chief counsel for the Judicial Confirmation Network, which was active in ...
• When you are denied health insurance
... 50 hours a week on this," she says, staying up late, dashing off letters to anybody she thought could intervene on her behalf. Ruess learned that under Florida law, insurers are allowed to rescind the policies of those who misrepresent their history ...
• Research into HIV, cancer garners Nobel Prize
His discovery has led to characterization of the natural history of HPV infection, an understanding of mechanisms of HPV-induced carcinogenesis and the development of prophylactic vaccines against HPV acquisition," the citation said. Alfred Nobel ...