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With Time Running Short, Steve Jobs Managed His Farewells
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 10:30pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Mr. Jobs valued his privacy. “But once you're gone, you belong to the world,” said one acquaintance.Steve Jobs spent his final weeks — as he had spent most of his life — in tight control of his choices.
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With Time Running Short, Steve Jobs Managed His Farewells
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 10:09pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Mr. Jobs valued his privacy. “But once you're gone, you belong to the world,” said one acquaintance.Steve Jobs spent his final weeks — as he had spent most of his life — in tight control of his choices.
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E.P.A. Moves to Tighten Drinking Water Standard
Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 9:31am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The agency’s administrator wants stricter regulations on four chemical compounds that can cause cancer.
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Toxic Waters: Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly
Posted: March 15th, 2010, 1:36am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Ruptures in aging water systems cause pollutants to seep into water supplies, but in many cities residents have protested rate increases to fix pipes.
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Toxic Waters: Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly
Posted: March 15th, 2010, 1:36am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Ruptures in aging water systems cause pollutants to seep into water supplies, but in many cities residents have protested rate increases to fix pipes.
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Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 1:10am EST by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The Great Bailout is mostly over for the banks. For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the lifeline keeps getting longer.
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That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy
Posted: December 17th, 2009, 6:22pm EST by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose serious health risks.
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Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show
Posted: December 8th, 2009, 12:29am EST by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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More than 20 percent of water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show
Posted: December 8th, 2009, 12:29am EST by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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More than 20 percent of water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Regulators Plan to Study Risks of Atrazine
Posted: October 7th, 2009, 4:33am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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New studies linking atrazine in drinking water with birth defects, low birth weights and reproductive problems in humans have prompted the E.P.A. to study its effects.
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Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Posted: September 18th, 2009, 3:51am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Agricultural runoff is the single biggest source of water pollution in the nation’s rivers and streams, but farm waste is largely unregulated by many of the federal laws designed to prevent pollution and protect drinking water.
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Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Posted: September 18th, 2009, 1:34am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Farm waste, the biggest polluter of American rivers, is largely unregulated by many of the laws designed to prevent pollution and protect drinking water.
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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
Posted: September 13th, 2009, 9:30pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment.
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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost to Health
Posted: September 13th, 2009, 1:54am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment.
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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost to Health
Posted: September 12th, 2009, 3:20pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment.
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Alex Grass, Helped to Start Rite Aid, Dies at 82
Posted: August 28th, 2009, 10:02pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Mr. Grass helped transform a discount store in Scranton, Pa., into Rite Aid, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains.
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Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 1:39pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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New research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought, particularly for fetuses.
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Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 1:25pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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New research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought, particularly for fetuses.
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As U.S. Weighs Future of Housing Giants, Overseer Is Leaving
Posted: August 6th, 2009, 1:47am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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James B. Lockhart III, the director of the federal agency that controls Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said he was stepping down at the end of the month.
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S.E.C. Starts Crackdown on ‘Flash’ Trading
Posted: August 5th, 2009, 1:33am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The S.E.C. chairwoman said she would push to eliminate a technique that enables some firms to peek at investors’ stock orders.
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S.E.C. Starts Crackdown on ‘Flash’ Trading
Posted: August 5th, 2009, 1:33am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The S.E.C. chairwoman said she would push to eliminate a technique that enables some firms to peek at investors’ stock orders.
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Senator Wants Restrictions on High-Speed Trading
Posted: July 24th, 2009, 7:49pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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A high-ranking lawmaker asked the S.E.C. to prohibit a trading technique that enables some financial firms to peek at investors’ stock orders before the broader market.
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Traders Profit With Computers Set at High Speed
Posted: July 23rd, 2009, 11:32pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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High-frequency trading may give traders using powerful computers an unfair advantage in the stock market, critics say.
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Traders Profit With Computers Set at High Speed
Posted: July 23rd, 2009, 10:55pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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High-frequency trading, a way for traders to master the stock market using powerful computers, may subtly manipulate prices.
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What Does Your Credit-Card Company Know About You?
Posted: May 15th, 2009, 12:19pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Credit-card companies are becoming more interested in their customers’ lives and psyches to help determine who is a good bet.
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Fannie Mae Lets Renters Stay Despite Foreclosures
Posted: December 15th, 2008, 12:31pm EST by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The loan giant said it would sign new leases with renters in foreclosed properties, aiding those who face eviction.
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Pressured to Take More Risk, Fannie Reached Tipping Point
Posted: October 5th, 2008, 3:37pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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A decision, made under pressure from Congress and investors, to steer Fannie Mae into dangerous corners of the mortgage market proved to be disastrous.
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Report Rejects Medicare Boast of Paring Fraud
Posted: August 21st, 2008, 12:13pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Medicare officials’ 2006 statements that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims were misleading, a draft report says.
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Freddie Mac Loses $821 Million and Cuts Dividend
Posted: August 6th, 2008, 3:45pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The mortgage finance giant posted its fourth consecutive quarterly loss and set plans to slash its common stock dividend.
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At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 8:51am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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A 2004 memo warned of problematic loans at the mortgage giant, but the questionable practices continued, a former chief risk officer said.
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At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 8:51am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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A 2004 memo warned of problematic loans at the mortgage giant, but the questionable practices continued, a former chief risk officer said.
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Warning: Habits May Be Good for You
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:33pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Social scientists have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising.
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Loan-Agency Woes Swell From a Trickle to a Torrent
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:45am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The rapid erosion of investors’ confidence has become a crisis for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two main backers of mortgage financing.
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Mortgage Fears Depress Shares at Two Agencies
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:31am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fell sharply, reflecting a consensus among investors that the housing slump will be more severe than initially feared.
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Mortgage Fears Depress Shares at Two Agencies
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:31am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fell sharply, reflecting a consensus among investors that the housing slump will be more severe than initially feared.
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Freddie Mac Plans to Raise $5.5 Billion
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 8:15pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The provider of financing for residential mortgages made the announcement as it reported a quarterly loss that was not as large as had been expected.
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New Price Drop Could Imperil Mortgage Agencies
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:36pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Regulators are asking whether Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which reported a $2.2 billion first-quarter loss on Tuesday, will soon need saving themselves.
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New Price Drop Could Imperil Mortgage Agencies
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 2:07pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Regulators are asking whether Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which reported a $2.2 billion first-quarter loss on Tuesday, will soon need saving themselves. -
Big Fine Set for Wachovia to End Case
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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The settlement ends a federal investigation into accusations that the bank allowed telemarketers to use its accounts to steal millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims.