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Perhaps more troubling than current sales is a loss in public confidence. A new survey from Consumer Reports indicates that while more Americans are willing to consider purchasing an American vehicle, they don't view American cars equally. While the number of new-car buyers willing to consider a Ford has increased 17% and consideration of GM models has increased 6% - despite the company's bankruptcy - the number of shoppers willing to consider a Chrysler has dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chrysler Still the Laggard, Despite Cash for Clunkers | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...share information about climate change in a way that will better inform ongoing decisions that people need to make," says Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "There's an urgent need for ongoing, relevant information about climate change - and there's no current mechanism for providing that." (Watch TIME's video "American Museum of Natural History's Climate-Change Exhibition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Geneva, Designing a Global Climate-Alert System | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...believes leadership training “cannot be compromised,” especially in these “tough times.” “Leadership is more critical now than ever,” Doochin said, pointing out that faulty leadership was a potential factor in the current financial crisis. —Staff writer Michelle L. Quach can be reached at mquach@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: $50k Awarded to Leadership Institute | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...their letter, the Harvard professors endorse the intent of the proposed reform but push for revisions to the specifics of the proposal. Instead of the current reform’s rule that shareholders be able to nominate directors with as little as a one percent stake in the company, they proposed the bar to be eligible be raised to five to 10 percent ownership in the company for at least one year. Currently, the proposal requires only a one percent stake to nominate...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors Push Changes to SEC Reform | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...given by humanitarian deminers. The robot was to be used to perform area reduction in uncharted territory. Area reduction is the first phase of any demining project where a large area is reduced to smaller plots of suspected regions. Since area reduction is done in lands abandoned for decades, current techniques require deminers to cut and burn the vegetation. Our effort was to develop a low-cost robotic platform that could assist in area reduction while eliminating the need to damage vegetation. Since moving through tropical vegetation is extremely challenging for a robotic platform, the prototype robot...

Author: By Thrishantha nanayakkara | Title: Rescue Your Volunteer Effort | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

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