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Still, NASCAR can't afford to idle its engines when consumer spending is so dismal. "What we have to do is make sure the passionate fan becomes more passionate," says Burton. "We have to make sure the casual fan becomes the passionate fan." There's just one crucial thing Burton and NASCAR can't do for their fans. They can't drop more cash in their pockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daytona Drag: NASCAR Tries to Outrace the Recession | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...tools of an emergency room will always be splints and sutures, not prayers - and well-applied medicine along with smart prevention will always be the best ways to stay well. Still, if the U.S.'s expanding health-care emergency has taught us anything, it's that we can't afford to be choosy about where we look for answers. Doctors, patients and pastors battling disease already know that help comes in a whole lot of forms. It's the result, not the source, that counts the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...exists against adopting the very latest technology in a country like China where the vast majority of subscribers and especially new subscribers are only interested in the bare minimum - and cheapest - service. "Continuing to use 2G allowed many rural users to subscribe who might not have been able to afford the additional cost" of 3G handsets and services, said the executive, who requested anonymity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booster Shot | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...afford to do a free dating site? And why not charge monthly fees like all the others do? SY: We have 15 employees, while Match.com, etc. have about 300. Although we have a fraction of their workers we have an equally good Web site...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...Prime Minister by President Robert Mugabe Wednesday and urged his countrymen to unite in an effort to revive the country. "For too long, Zimbabwe has endured violent political polarization," he told a rally of thousands in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare. "This must end today. We can no longer afford the violence of brother on brother. Let's put our differences aside. Everyone is hungry. We have to heal our nation by forgiving our brother." Tsvangirai acknowledged that working with Mugabe would be difficult; he could forgive but not forget, he said, "because tomorrow it might happen again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Zimbabwe's Unity Government Stand a Chance? | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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