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This fall they released Medal of Honor: Warfighter, a new game in the series meant to compete with Call of Duty, but by all accounts, doing a miserable job.

FORBES: Cross Promotion Gone Wrong: EA Removes Gun Manufacturer Links from Warfighter Site

In some previous press accounts of Jacobson's phone call with Judah Folkman, including one published in Forbes, he is the one who suggests thalidomide as an option.

FORBES: Health Care

When Warren Buffett sees millions flowing into his bank accounts as dividends, he (and the taxman) may call them income, but in Economics 101 they are merely transfers.

FORBES: With His Tax Proposals, Warren Buffett Flunks Economics 101

In the bubble era, with unrealised gains on securities portfolios acting as a buffer, and eager bankers a mere phone call away, companies had few incentives to keep more than minimal financial accounts.

ECONOMIST: Japanese corporate profits

Both big and small brokers say their call centers are now jammed with customers asking for forgotten passwords to revive sleeping accounts.

WSJ: Japan's Mrs. Watanabe Decides It's Time to Buy Stocks

Hamasa Zaki, a plucky 19-year-old, started out in the call center but within two years has worked her way up to handling 30 accounts across Heraat, Bamiyan and Kabul.

FORBES: A New Calling