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...executive chairman of Palm Inc., Rubinstein, a wiry 52, is a marathoner. So I persevered. I was trying to find out the answer to a question that's riveting the tech world these days: namely, Will the Pre save Palm? An iconic Silicon Valley company that pretty much launched - then lost - the smart-phone category, Palm has been teetering on the brink of irrelevance. But now it's fighting back with the Pre, the much hyped smart phone that Rubinstein & Co. have been working on for two years; it launched June 6 ($199 at Sprint stores in the U.S.) with...
Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman calls the fees - which would generate about $160 million - a "critical breakthrough" to finance a newly empowered FDA. But consumer advocates are not happy about the 50% cut. "If FDA doesn't have the money, it's hard for them to do the number of inspections needed," says Foreman...
automobiles utter lack of knowledge about - "I don't know anything about cars" - of incoming General Motors chairman...
...Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a champion of the new legislation, says while "there is no such thing as a safe cigarette," the FDA regulatory structure will allow for research into how to reduce the harm of tobacco. "It's unusual to be on the same side as Philip Morris," he admits. "But their reasons are not our reasons. The bill is a good bill. If they happened to support it, that's fine with...
...next intelligence chief in Kabul. CIA director Leon Panetta, who has already named his own chief from the CIA's ranks, is reportedly fighting back, much to his boss's consternation. The decision about who gets Kabul will reportedly be made in the White House, though Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein has said she doesn't believe Blair can be overruled, according to the legislation that established the DNI. If Blair wins, it would be an unprecedented arrogation of the CIA director's authority, and the first time in its history the CIA would not be the lead intelligence...