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...nearly 15% of the Champagne market, including renowned houses like Billecart-Salmon and Moét & Chandon. "I won't hide the fact that turning people over to an innovation like ours in a milieu this conservative wasn't easy," he says. "But in the end, the Champenois will accept an innovation if you can prove its merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Party Over for the Champagne Cork? | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Quad. But to make cuts to an already imperfect shuttle system without having first established a safe alternative is beyond irresponsible. It is a reckless decision that will cut financial costs at the expense of student safety, and this is not a deal that anyone should be willing to accept...

Author: By Tessa K. Lyons-laing and Logan R. Ury | Title: Stranded by the River | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Talks in London among the teams and authorities in motor sport's blue-ribbon championship ended without agreement Friday, failing to settle an ugly row over plans by the FIA, Formula One's governing body, to impose a voluntary $60 million budget cap on teams next year. Those who accept it will then have greater technical freedom to upgrade their cars beyond the current tight bounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Formula One Run Without Ferrari? | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

...teams' gripe: such a scheme would create a two-tier championship, with those able to accept the cap free to add movable front and rear wings, for instance, or carry out unlimited out-of-season testing. Such activities could chop three seconds off a lap time. Moreover, the manner in which the plans came about has also put teams in a spin. Not having been consulted sufficiently by the governing body, Renault said in its own statement, it was now refusing "to accept unilateral governance handed out by the FIA." (See pictures of the American muscle car in the movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Formula One Run Without Ferrari? | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

...faster. Obviously they understand it is not a very urgent issue in the eyes of the Taiwanese people. You see, up to now, only one year into my presidency, people still have a lot of doubts about China. They fear their way of life is not something [China] can accept, particularly in terms of freedom and democracy, so obviously the time has not come for the two sides to negotiate something called unification. But on the issue of security, two years ago, [China President] Hu Jintao formally extended an offer to Taiwan, that we should sign a peace agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taiwan's Ma Reflects on His First Year As President | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

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