Weighed down first by huge write-downs in its trading book and now by mounting loan losses, the bank is set to announce a fifth consecutive quarter of losses on January 22nd.

ECONOMIST: Citigroup and Morgan Stanley

The diamond is set within a contemporary openwork diamond mounting designed as a flower.

FORBES: 30.52-ct. emerald-cut diamond sold for $3.3 million.

M. and it looks set to pop--despite mounting concerns that the company may end up as just another notch on Intel's gun belt.

FORBES: Transmeta Defies Bad News

The possibility of a fiscal cliff -- which economists warn will hit the American economy hard -- was set in motion two years ago, as a way to force action on mounting government debt.

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The possibility of a fiscal cliff was set in motion over the past two years as a way to force action on mounting government debt.

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There is also mounting evidence to support the existence of a "default network" in the brain - a set of interconnected areas responsible for routine, passive mental processes.

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