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...Washington Easy on the Stimulus, Please Some of the Republican Party's highest-profile governors say they may reject a small percentage of the Federal Government's $787 billion stimulus funding in the name of fiscal conservatism. They say taking federal funds to expand unemployment insurance, for example, would create a future burden on their states and lead to tax increases...
...harnessing fungi’s ability to remove harmful substances produced by mining sites. In particular, Hansel said that many mining sites have toxic concentrations of manganese, and that fungi are able to transform the metal into an inert form. Hansel said she plans to use the grant to expand her research by adding a new project—along with post-doctoral researcher Cara M. Santelli—to study the process by which fungi can break down other potentially harmful substances. The grant also requires that winners use part of their award to provide information and education...
...this, many of the participants find a new, deeper connection to Israel and their Jewish identities which they might not have known existed before.“I think that Birthright made clear to me that I did want to spend time working on my Jewish identity and expand my views,” said Kamerow. Poliak agreed, emphasizing that even a year after his trip, he is still impacted daily by what he learned and saw in Israel. As he put it, the trip did not just enable him to build relationships within the Jewish community, but also...
William C. Kirby, the Harvard China Fund’s director, said that he intends to expand the existing office in Shanghai before acting on plans for a second office in Beijing. The envisioned Harvard Shanghai Center—a joint venture with the Business School—will be the largest University-wide facility overseas when it opens in 2010, Kirby said...
...Tata Motors wasn't the only Indian company that got burned by trying to expand internationally as the business cycle was turning against them. United Spirits, India's largest liquor maker, recently announced plans to reduce its debt by selling up to 49% of Whyte & Mackay, the British distiller it bought for $883 million two years ago. Setco Automotive, a leading Indian clutch manufacturer, has put all further foreign acquisition plans on hold after buying manufacturing facilities...