"Pope Benedict followed the same script church officials have used for years, speaking of abuse in oblique terms and only when forced to do so, ignoring the coverups, using past tense, " wrote Barbara Dorris, spokeswoman for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

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Oh, and Barbara Streisand, who wrote My Passion for Design and will deliver the keynote address at the Opening Night gala May 25.

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Barbara Ryan at Deutsche Bank wrote that the results were "as good as could be expected at this time, " and that shares will trade up for now.

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Barbara Ryan of Deutsche Bank wrote in a note to investors this morning that Schering-Plough is "no longer a growth story, but a cost-cutting one" and that she doesn't see the company's shares being awarded a higher multiple.

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In a note to investors on Friday, Barbara Ryan at Deutsche Bank wrote that higher doses of Actos "are just as efficacious as Pargluva, in our view, " and that the data expected from ProACTIVE could make things difficult for the newer drug.

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Barbara Ryan, the pharmaceuticals analyst at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a note to investors that she expects Pfizer to at least spin off the baby formula and o-t-c units.

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CNN's Ingrid Formanek reported from Mali and Joseph Netto from Atlanta, Barbara Starr reported from Washington, and Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London.

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"Once a scandal breaks, there's nothing nicer than watching the mighty fall, " says Barbara Ley Toffler, who was the chief ethics consultant at Arthur Andersen when it collapsed and wrote a book on the firm's demise.

FORBES: Pulling the Plug on Marsh