News and Issues
New Recommendations about Pap Tests and Mammography Screenings
Following on the heels of the AHRG's new guidelines for mammography screening, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynocologists recommend that the first cervical cancer screening be delayed until age 21 as well as a recommendation for less freque… more »
The New Brown-Baggers
Doris O'Brien: As America increasingly divides along economic lines, the rich have become targets of disdain and envy. Not that they haven't always been, but now there are rumblings of an egalitarian movement in America to bring the wealthy down several… more »
Investor Alert: Just What Are Dark Pools?
When dark pools share information about their trading interest with other dark pools, they can function like private networks that exclude the public investor. more »
Woman of Note: Sheila Bair, head of the FDIC
Robert Frost liked to say that a banker is someone who gives you an umbrella when the sun is shining and takes it away when it starts to rain. Well, we set out to prove that adage wrong at IndyMac bank. During the time we were conservator, we restructured loans for over 13,000 families to keep them in their homes. more »
