NEW YORK TIMES Investors to Bear Some of Mortgage Settlement Burden | Banks will get credit in the national $25 billion foreclosure settlement for reducing the balances of mortgages they own, but they will also get partial credit in some cases if the cost of such reductions falls on investors, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing draft settlement documents.
For example a University of Saskatchewan trained, late-career physician cited the draft for leaving the United States: "…a draft lawyer advised me, if I left the country, before I was served with a draft notice, I wouldn't be a draft dodger.
Experts familiar with the Park Service questioned that assessment and said that in previous cases, the preferences cited in draft reports were almost always adopted, regardless of public opinion.
The article cited one draft of a Vioxx research study that was still in want of a big-name researcher, identifying the lead writer only as "External author?" Vioxx was a best-selling drug before Merck took it off the market in 2004 over evidence linking it to heart attacks.
The article, based on documents unearthed in lawsuits contending that Vioxx caused heart attacks, cited one draft of a Vioxx study that needed a big-name researcher, identifying the lead author as "External author?" Merck has vigorously denied that the doctors named as authors on Vioxx papers did not play an integral role in producing the articles.
She said the countries have "profound differences" over human rights, and she cited a draft law in China that limits foreign nongovernmental organizations.
An unconfirmed Associated Press report had cited a draft document suggesting the IAEA would not send its own inspectors into Parchin but would instead get data from Iran on the site.
Where more progressive laws do exist in theory – Eltahawy cites recent draft legislation against domestic violence in Lebanon – attitudes within the police, legal system and society hobble them in practice.
According to the WSJ, citing a draft by a high-level advisory panel to the agency, fliers will be able to use electronic devices during take-off and landing, but cell phone functionality is still banned.
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, who ordered the study, has already taken several steps to address shortcomings cited in the draft.
