The subprime loans packaged as complex securities for Standard & Poor’s to rate were already failing at such a fast clip in the fall of 2006 that some analysts at the firm thought they must be seeing typographical errors.At the time, the nation’s biggest rating agency was making record profits, attaching sterling ratings to mortgage-related securities that were increasingly going bad. Inside the...
Feb
04
At War Blog: Veterans in College: Share Your Stories
Labels: World“Graduate, graduate, graduate,” the secretary of veterans affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, recently implored the audience at a conference of the Student Veterans of America. But what, exactly, will it take to ensure that veterans succeed in college?Since the post-9/11 G.I. Bill took effect in 2009, about 877,000 people, mainly veterans and their dependents, have received tuition and other college benefits...
TIMESCAST: Super Bowl Ads Recall Days Gone By
Labels: TechnologyFebruary 4, 2013By Fritzie Andrade, Zena Barakat, Emily B. Hager, Erica Berenstein and Pedro Rafael RosadoTimesCast Media+Tech: The successes and failures of this year’s Super Bowl ads. | Ang Lee on the technology behind “Life of Pi.” | An interactive project encourages action against human trafficki...
Really?: Really? When a Dieter Eats Can Influence Weight Loss
Labels: LifestyleReally?Anahad O’Connor tackles health myths.THE FACTSIn The New England Journal of Medicine last week, a prominent researcher noted that much of the conventional wisdom about weight loss has little basis in science. But his article did not address one oft-asked question: Is your waistline affected by when you eat, or is a calorie always just a calorie whenever you eat it?To seasoned dieters, the claim...
Really?: Really? When a Dieter Eats Can Influence Weight Loss
Labels: HealthReally?Anahad O’Connor tackles health myths.THE FACTSIn The New England Journal of Medicine last week, a prominent researcher noted that much of the conventional wisdom about weight loss has little basis in science. But his article did not address one oft-asked question: Is your waistline affected by when you eat, or is a calorie always just a calorie whenever you eat it?To seasoned dieters, the claim...
DealBook: Suit to Accuse S.&P. of Fraud in Mortgage Bond Ratings
Labels: BusinessThe Justice Department, along with state prosecutors, plans to file civil charges against Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, accusing the firm of fraudulently rating mortgage bonds that led to the financial crisis, people briefed on the plan said Monday.Up until last last week, the Justice Department had been in settlement talks with S.&P., these people said. But the negotiations broke down...
Feb
03
IHT Rendezvous: Doctors to Prescribe Self-Help Books, Poetry for Mental Health Ills
Labels: WorldLONDON — Doctors in England will soon be prescribing books as well as pills to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.In a government-endorsed initiative supported by medical associations and librarians, physicians will be sending patients to their local libraries for a range of approved self-help titles targeted at those suffering from mild to moderate mental health problems.Patients are...
Slipstream: Consumer Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart
Labels: TechnologyOVER the years, the United States and Europe have taken different approaches toward protecting people’s personal information. Now the two sides are struggling to bridge that divide. On this side of the Atlantic, Congress has enacted a patchwork quilt of privacy laws that separately limit the use of Americans’ medical records, credit reports, video rental records and so on. On the other side,...
Concerns About A.D.H.D. Practices and Amphetamine Addiction
Labels: LifestyleBefore his addiction, Richard Fee was a popular college class president and aspiring medical student. "You keep giving Adderall to my son, you're going to kill him," said Rick Fee, Richard's father, to one of his son's doctors. VIRGINIA BEACH — Every morning on her way to work, Kathy Fee holds her breath as she drives past the squat brick building that houses Dominion Psychiatric Associates. ...
Concerns About A.D.H.D. Practices and Amphetamine Addiction
Labels: HealthBefore his addiction, Richard Fee was a popular college class president and aspiring medical student. "You keep giving Adderall to my son, you're going to kill him," said Rick Fee, Richard's father, to one of his son's doctors. VIRGINIA BEACH — Every morning on her way to work, Kathy Fee holds her breath as she drives past the squat brick building that houses Dominion Psychiatric Associates. ...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Copyright © News shirt. All rights reserved.
Design 
And Business Directories
