Word: developable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...days, $750 million was enough to develop a new Cadillac Escalade that would return a variable profit of $10,000 a vehicle. No more. For a restructured GM, the opportunities to produce a return on investment will be a lot more challenging than in the past...
...think it’s a really great landscape to develop any work. Especially in the early days of “Rolling Stone,” it was such a raw, young canvas and no one there ever told me what to do, so we sort of learned and grew up together. I don’t think I would still be working for magazines if I didn’t believe you could break through and do things that were really wonderful. But, that being said, magazines are working with other people, and there?...
...said. “You have to ask why.” Warren noted the speed with which the economy tumbled into crisis and the degree to which lawmakers were caught off guard. “There wasn’t time even to develop a coherent list of questions to ask Treasury about what it’s doing and what it plans to do—and whether either of those are likely to address what’s going wrong,” she said. The panel will present the first stage of its findings to Congress...
Melatonin, which is available over the counter in pill form, is a known treatment for jet lag, but the substance can't be patented, leading drug companies like Vanda Pharmaceuticals, the maker of tasimelteon, to rush to develop drugs that imitate it. Dr. Irshaad Ebrahim, medical director of the London Sleep Centre, says the recent study, published Dec. 2 in the journal The Lancet, confirms what experts already know. "I'm not sure this adds anything. Melatonin itself can be quite effective on its own. So, of course, something that mimics melatonin would show promising results," he says...
...Meanwhile, the European Investment Bank is set to pledge $2.5 billion to help the continent's auto industry develop more environmentally friendly cars, according to Reuters. That support could help struggling companies stay in the race to bring greener vehicles to market during a global economic downturn. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne summed up the situation in simple terms: "Either [aid] is for everyone...