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My daughter's life as an "unaccompanied minor" started last year when I put her on a plane for the first time by herself. After I had ferried her for years between Washington and New York to visit her dad, she felt ready, at 12, to go alone. The airline...
Indeed, choosing a reliable gauge for how inflamed the arteries had become proved daunting. After running through a few common but ineffective markers, Ridker finally settled on C-reactive protein, a substance that could be detected, even at low levels, with a special, highly sensitive assay.
That incident, along with complaints by Levang and other residents' families, prompted Minnesota attorney general Mike Hatch to sue Alterra for consumer fraud. The suit was settled, with Alterra agreeing to pay for an outside monitor. The center hired more staff, including a housekeeper, and modified its brochure, replacing the...
Laura Unger, acting chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, cited such conflicts of interest during the congressional hearings. Another conflict--rating a stock a "buy" in order to win investment-banking business--resurfaced as an allegation in a suit naming six major brokerage firms and in two other suits...
There has been a steady drumbeat of bad news on the job front in Europe. Just last month, the Swiss engineering firm ABB announced 12,000 layoffs, 8% of the company's workforce. Infineon, Europe's second-largest chipmaker, said it is downsizing 5,000 workers because of a slowdown...