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...gene. These organisms can identify each other as easily as if each possessed a green beard. While a handful of such genes were previously identified in ants and slime molds, the FLO1 yeast research now represents “the most detailed genetic analysis of green beard genes to date,” Verstrepen said. David C. Queller, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University, said of the research, “I find it interesting that an organism as well-studied as yeast has these green-beard genes. Perhaps once we look close...
...when online sales hit $8.5 billion, according to the online-marketing research firm comScore. The firm predicts that online-shopping growth will be flat for November and December - significantly lower than 2007's growth rate of 19% and below the retail e-commerce growth rate of 9% year to date in 2008. "I don't know that this is the only prediction to go by," says Ried, noting that other firms like Forrester Research expect to see online sales grow about 12% for the holiday. "But a dire prediction from an organization as big as comScore does give retailers pause...
Moves across all markets on Monday traced back to the economic news, highlighting the belated announcement by the semi-official arbiter of recessions in the U.S. that the country is in fact in a recession. The only real news in the announcement from the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research was the starting date that the seven economists on the panel assigned to the recession - last December...
...even when you don't travel, you can still keep that vacation glow alive. Jackson West, a San Francisco-based blogger, says that when his New York City girlfriend comes to visit, "I love showing her around San Francisco - it feels more like an extended weekend date, or even a trip. We both make a special effort to do interesting things that we probably wouldn't if we'd started seeing each other in the same city...
...knew the chemistry was there as soon as I met him," she reports, her smitten glow obvious even through a phone line. "It was all warm and fuzzy." The pair spent their first date exploring San Francisco - and even ended up taking the much maligned "long walk on the beach." After two amazing nights together, he jetted back to Paris and she to her New England home. Where things will progress from here is unclear, but Analisa is hopeful. "The idea of living in Paris definitely gels with how I see my future," she admits. "Down the line, that doesn...