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Over the past decade, some 3,000 U.S. companies have been bought by private-equity firms. Their M.O.? Suck up companies with borrowed money, make them more efficient and then resell, turning a profit in the process. These days, nearly 1 in 10 nongovernmental employees works for a private equity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown? | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and Nov. 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the landmark work in which Darwin laid forth his theory of natural selection. While celebrations have emphasized the British naturalist's giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side of Darwin's Legacy | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

We understand now that eugenics was an illegitimate science, so why even worry about it today? The thinking behind eugenics is still present. Many senior geneticists point to a genetically engineered future. As the technology for this falls into place, there has also been an explosion of the field of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side of Darwin's Legacy | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

All things considered, do you believe Darwin was a great luminary in the path of human progress? What has the theory of evolution done for the practical benefit of humanity? It's helped our understanding of ourselves, yet compared to, say, the discovery of penicillin or the invention of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side of Darwin's Legacy | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

Lower-level Indian police officers and border guards remain underpaid and undertrained, while being given almost unchallenged authority over the people they are meant to serve. A 26-year veteran of the Mumbai police told TIME that his monthly salary is Rs. 10,360 (about $230). Less than a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Still a Soft Terror Target a Year After Mumbai | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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