title: Z --> b macro b decay asymmetry: lose-lose for the standard model.
abstract: Combining precision measurements and the Higgs boson search limit, the electroweak data have evolved to a point where new physics is favored whether the 3.2 sigma A(b)(FB) anomaly is genuine or not. Such new physics could greatly alter the inferred value of the Higgs boson mass.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Physics Group, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chanowitz