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...prize is almost certainly worth billions in sales. But with a potential payday like that, why is Bayer getting out - and why have no suitors jumped in yet? That's the paradox across the drug industry: pharmaceutical companies are among the most profitable legal businesses in the world, and employ some 520,000 people in Europe. And yet the sector has been behaving lately as if it were in a sharp downturn. The battle for control of Bayer is just the latest in a series of corporate partnerships, mergers and hostile takeovers that have shaken up the drug industry...
...didn't exist," Rowley remembers. "But they told me that in the United States, we had something called the FBI. And they gave me the address." So Rowley wrote to the bureau and received a pamphlet titled "99 Facts About the FBI." One question was, "Does the FBI employ women as special agents?" The answer was no. Even then, she did not scare easily. "I thought to myself, That's stupid. I figured that would change eventually...
...appointment last month as head of an independent commission to investigate Sept. 11, the legendary diplomat declared that he would not bow to political pressure. And when it came to his lucrative consulting business, Kissinger refused Democratic demands that he publicly disclose the extensive list of clients that employ Kissinger Associates Inc. But last week the Senate Ethics Committee informed him that under congressional financial-disclosure laws, he was required to reveal his international company's clients. Though the White House backed his attempts to keep the list secret, Kissinger resigned his post on Friday. While saying he would comply...
Bush’s new executive order will allow religious groups to receive public funds, regardless of their hiring practices. As a result, groups can refuse to employ people who do not share their religion or their morals—opening the door to discrimination based on religion and sexual orientation...
...Those willing to spend the extra cash today will have to cope with a thorny question: Which type to buy, plasma or lcd? Plasma displays employ thousands of tiny glass chambers filled with a mix of gasses that light up when electrically charged. Plasma screens dominate the larger size ranges; they produce sharper colors than lcds and can be viewed more clearly from an angle. But they have a short life span?only about five years, says O'Donovan...