Anthropologists adopt a more favorable view of Neanderthals
Scientists are broadly rethinking the nature, skills and demise of the Neanderthals of Europe and Asia, steadily finding more ways that they were substantially like us and quite different from the limited, unchanging and ultimately doomed inferiors most commonly described in the past. Neanderthal - Anthropology - Social Sciences - Human - United States feeds.washingtonpost.com |
AIG Opposes Class-Action Status for Suit
AIG, which has been sued for alleged underreporting of premiums on workers-compensation policies, asked a federal judge to deny class-action status to a lawsuit brought against it by other insurers. online.wsj.com |
HSBC Ends Talks for Nedbank
HSBC Holdings ended discussions to buy a stake in South Africa's Nedbank Group in a deal that could have been valued at as much as $7 billion. online.wsj.com |
Video: The Economy Recovers from "Freefall"
Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz spoke with Bill Plante about his updated "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy" now out in paperback and revisits what's happened to the U.S. economy in the wake of the economic recession. feeds.cbsnews.com |
Banner Year Expected for TIPS
Sales of U.S. government bonds that offer inflation protection for investors are headed for a banner year in 2011, with supply likely to surpass the $100 billion mark. online.wsj.com |