Now that credit rating agencies can be sued for issuing inflated ratings, they're refusing to allow their ratings to be used to sell bonds. Unfortunately, since some types of bonds are required to have such ratings, those parts of the bond market are shutting down.
Could your cell phone be giving you cancer? Many studies have looked at the health risks of mobile phones without clearing or implicating them for sure. The biggest study yet will track 250,000 people for decades to see whether our dependence on our mobile phones exacts too big a price.
Ever since the attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, there has been increased attention given to full-body imaging scanners. But now concerns are growing that the scanners may actually pose a health risk by exposing passengers to radiation.