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The crazy math of health-care reform
A new program for long-term care is billed as a money saver. In fact, it does just the opposite.By Shawn TullyEmbedded in the health-care plan moving ...
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Kraft's cheesy math
By Colin BarrIn the strange but true department, a recent securities filing by Kraft Foods seems to stretch the value stock investors are willing to p...
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Big banks' fuzzy math
JPMorgan and Wells Fargo play up an obscure measure of their profitability to show how strong they are - but surging credit losses may hint otherwise....
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Desperately seeking math and science majors
Applied Materials had to fly in 100 interviewers just to screen all the job applicants for its new Solar Technology Center in Xi'an, China, last year....
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Surprise: Loud cell talkers drive us crazy
An Intel survey reveals outlandish user behavior on phones and laptops. How will the rest of us get any peace?By Jeffrey M. O'BrienWhere is the line w...
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Bailout math leaves shareholders almost zero
There's some good news for those of us who worry that Wall Street hasn't paid a big enough price for being bailed out by the government. It's that the...
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Health-care reform's fatal assumption
By Shawn TullyAt the bipartisan health-care summit scheduled for February 25th, President Obama is pledging to champion the voluminous bills passed by...
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Health-care reform's 'back-door' tax
The big talk on Capitol Hill may be about health-care reform, but as part of this massive undertaking, the Democrats are quietly reshaping the tax sys...
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Obama's stimulus killers
The president's two big legislative goals for the fall could put new burdens on a weak economy.By Nina EastonBarack Obama promised universal health ca...
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奥巴马遭遇新对手(节选)
奥巴马召开冬季医疗保健峰会的前夜,众议员保罗•瑞安正在Talay Thai餐厅用餐,这家朴实无华的餐厅用的是金属椅子和胶合板桌子。在这个严寒的冬日晚上,瑞安从他那狭窄的国会山办公室漫步到Talay餐厅,身上连件外套都没穿——他说:“我可是威斯康星人!”当天晚上,他将睡在办公室里的一张简易小床上——他...
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