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...notion that multiple human species are the norm, not the exception, has only got stronger with a series of major scientific discoveries. Since 1994, four new species of hominid have been added to the human family tree, with the latest announced just a few months ago. These date from 800,000 years ago all the way back to 4.4 million years B.P. (before the present...
...Hopefully this will be a passing annoyance," said Donald L. Gibbons, director of public affairs for Harvard Medical School. "They have made up their mind and don't care to listen to what we are doing. They routinely use information that is out of date and taken out of context...
...along together," says Adlink CEO Charles Thurston. "We realized the more we can find good people, train them and get them to stay, the better our company will do." Thurston's view reflects a modern economic reality: teamwork is an infinitely renewable resource that will never go out of date--so long as you work creatively...
...when McNamara was doing things the conventional way, the credit-card issuer, Chevy Chase Bank (whose portfolio has since been acquired by the First USA unit of Bank One), slapped him with four $29 late fees even though he regularly mailed his check two weeks before the due date. McNamara figures not even the Postal Service could screw things up that consistently, and he's convinced the bank purposely delayed processing his bills, a charge Chevy Chase denies. "They use low introductory rates and send cards to anyone and their dog," says McNamara, "and they have to make...
...with 45 million accounts, for deliberately "delaying posting of customer payments in order to charge late fees and penalty interest"--an allegation the company denies. First USA's alleged trick was to mark statements as arriving on time only if they were received by 8 a.m. of the due date. The company has since changed that time--to 10 a.m. In San Francisco, Providian Financial faces lawsuits for allegedly billing customers for services they didn't want, like credit insurance. Providian says the charges have no merit, but recently said it would refund $20 million in inappropriate late fees...