DealBook: At Davos, Financial Leaders Debate Reform and Monetary Policy

DAVOS, Switzerland — Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, apologized again for the bank’s recent $6 billion trading loss, this time in front of an audience that included the elite of the financial world. But in keeping with his confident demeanor, it was a diet portion of humble pie.“If you’re a shareholder of mine, I apologize,” Mr. Dimon said at the World Economic Forum annual meeting...

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Car Bombs in Iraq Kill at Least 17

Hadi Mizban/Associated PressThe aftermath of a car bombing in Baghdad on Tuesday. BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks, including three car bombings in and around Baghdad, killed at least 22 people Tuesday, deepening fears of a surge in violence as sectarian tensions fester in Iraq. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, blame is likely to fall on Sunni insurgents such as...

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Is Facebook envy making you miserable?

LONDON (Reuters) – Witnessing friends’ vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.A study conducted jointly by two German universities found rampant envy on Facebook, the world’s largest social network that now has over one billion users and has produced an unprecedented platform for social comparison.The...

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James Franco explores leather, sex at Sundance

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — There's a lot of leather and sex in James Franco's life right now.The 34-year-old actor-director is part of three movies at the Sundance Film Festival that deal with sex, pornography and bondage, and discipline.In an interview at the independent-film showcase in Park City, Utah, he said, "I guess I'm drawn to it."Franco co-directed, produced and stars in "Interior. Leather Bar."...

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Well Pets: Holly the Cat's Incredible Journey

Nobody knows how it happened: an indoor house cat who got lost on a family excursion managing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown.Even scientists are baffled by how Holly, a 4-year-old tortoiseshell who in early November became separated from Jacob and Bonnie Richter at an R.V. rally in Daytona Beach, Fla., appeared on New Year’s Eve — staggering, weak and emaciated —...

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J.&J. Study Suggested Hip Device Could Fail in Thousands More

An internal analysis conducted by Johnson & Johnson in 2011 after it recalled a troubled hip implant projected that the all-metal device could fail within five years in nearly 40 percent of patients who received it, newly disclosed court records show. The analysis, which the company has never released, suggests that thousands of additional patients may have to undergo painful procedures...

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Obama Cites Nation’s Ideals in Call to Act

WASHINGTON — Barack Hussein Obama renewed his oath of office at midday Monday, ceremonially marking the beginning of another four years in the White House and embracing a progressive agenda centered on equality and opportunity. Mr. Obama went out of his way to mention both gay rights and the need to address climate change, in a speech that seemed intended to define his version of modern liberalism,...

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Atari US files for Ch. 11 to separate from parent

NEW YORK (AP) — Video game maker Atari’s U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company.In a statement, Atari says the move is necessary to secure investments it needs to grow in mobile and digital gaming.Atari’s U.S. operations have shifted to focus on digital games and licensing, including developing mobile games, and have...

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Radcliffe conjures brave new role as gay poet

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Daniel Radcliffe doesn't mind hearing that schoolgirls were staking him out at the Sundance Film Festival, hoping for a Harry Potter sighting.In fact, Radcliffe is happy if his Potter fame conjures up interest for what he wants to do with the rest of his career, such as his bold turn as young gay poet Allen Ginsberg in the Sundance premiere "Kill Your Darlings."Radcliffe goes...

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Recipes for Health: Lentil, Celery and Tomato Minestrone

Andrew Scrivani for The New York TimesIf you did a lot of cooking over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays you may have some celery hearts lingering in your refrigerator. You needed a few branches for a stew, a stock, or a soup, so you bought a whole bunch, and here it is weeks later and the rest of the celery is wilting in the produce drawer. This doesn’t have to happen if you think of...

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