Thursday, May 05, 2005

Fidelity and Banks Face New Inquiry on Gift-Giving. The United States attorney in Boston is investigating Fidelity Investments, the mutual fund giant, as well as a number of Wall Street banks to determine whether the banks' brokers plied Fidelity traders with lavish gifts and decadent entertainment to try to win some of Fidelity's lucrative trading business, said two people involved in the investigation. By By JENNY ANDERSON. [NYT > Business] Uh oh,  here it comes! 8:39:53 PM    comment [] Cleveland Clinic Panel Gives Heart Failure Drug a Reprieve. A committee overruled more than four dozen of the clinic's cardiologists by deciding that the drug, Natrecor, would remain in use at the clinic. By By STEPHANIE SAUL. [NYT > Health] Bet this one comes back around... Wonder why they overruled and how their business ethics compliance program influenced their decisions (smirk) 8:32:07 PM    comment []

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