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Chiao is now director at Excalibur Almaz, a firm that plans to shoot paying customers into outer space within the next few years.
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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian space program has been working closely with NASA. But current Sino-American relations in space are basically non-existent.
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Leroy Chiao’s four visits to space were very different, from his virgin flight to returning finally as a Russian-speaking mission commander.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 moon landing had a profound impact on Chiao, sparking his dream to one day do the same.
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A conversation with Chinese-American astronaut and director of Excalibur Almaz, a recreational space travel firm.
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AIG’s former head counsel is crossing his fingers that our economy isn’t headed for a double dip.
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Ernie Patrikis, former AIG head council, argues that credit default swaps have been unfairly attacked.
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What would have happened if the government had let the giant fall? Former head counsel Ernie Patrikis explains.
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AIG’s former head council Ernie Patrikis thinks society should take the blame.
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Ernie Patrikis on the misperceptions of Hank Greenberg.
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A conversation with the White & Case partner and former council of AIG.
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Would Wikipedia or Google do a better job? Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi weighs in.
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Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi is worried that businesses are being overly cautious.
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It was partly the forecasters’ attempts to protect their credibility that put us in this dilemma, says Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi.
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Why the next generation of investors will be cautious savers, explains Mark Zandi, Moody’s chief economist.
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A conversation with the chief economist and co-founder of Moody’s Economy.com
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Kerouac was a “half-assed” writer, says Robert Stone, who traveled with the Beats. Yet the “divinity” he heralded is as much a wakeup call as ever.
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Award-winning novelist Robert Stone explains why he’s made a late turn toward short stories, and why his new book (“Fun With Problems”) contains his first experiment with the first person.
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The National Book Award-winning author picks up the pen in order to locate himself. It’s the same reason, he says, that smart people must continue to read.
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What can addiction teach us? Can its complexities ever be honestly represented in fiction? And is writing itself a kind of drug?