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...heart disease and certain cancers. (Scientists have yet to study whether telomeres influence a person's appearance.) Last year's Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three American scientists for their work in the field, and many scientists now believe that telomeres are the closest we may come to identifying a biological clock - and our best bet for learning how to stop or turn back that clock. (See portraits of centenarians...
...because further up the chain his suppliers only declare half of what they sell him, and further up still, someone brings many of the goods into the country without paying the full customs duties. So far, Dimitris says, his store hasn't been audited. But when the tax authorities come to look at his books, he knows how the conversation will go. He'll invite them in and offer them a whiskey or a coffee and wait until the mood is right. He's done it before. "I say, 'Now we are friends,'" he explains. "As a friend...
...Here Come the PIGS Greece faces an immediate crisis. but there are fears that other weak euro-zone countries could follow. Portugal, Italy and Spain also have large untaxed economies and, like Greece, face huge budget deficits that have raised concerns...
Cleaning up Greece's wasteful and corrupt state sector, and regaining citizens' trust, will take years. The government is pinning its hopes on increasing tax revenues. Some of that will come from new taxes on items such as luxury goods and fuel. But Athens also insists it can raise $1.67 billion in the short term by cracking down on tax evasion. The government has promised a radical reform of the country's complex and inefficient tax system and says a comprehensive new law, which is intended both to simplify the system and to spread the tax burden more fairly, will...
...socket. Germany, with Renault's support, is pushing its seven-point version to be the standard, but other countries have their own ideas of what the connectors should look like. "Because Europe is fragmented and countries are putting forth their cars, it's going to be more difficult to come to a federal conclusion," says Calum MacRae, an automotive expert with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. "Obviously, if you standardize [the connectors], you bring the cost down." And when it comes to selling the public on electric cars, price will be crucial...