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Sure, you know things are bad. You've heard stories from friends and family about getting laid off and have read news pieces about cutbacks at factories in some part of the country far from where you live. But, as dry as much of the Federal Reserve Beige Book can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fed Report Shocker: The Economy Is Still Bad | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

During the course of the 45-minute news conference, Obama and Harper jointly announced a clean-energy dialogue between Canada and the U.S., in part intended to develop alternative energy sources and reduce carbon emissions from Canada's tar sands. Northern Alberta's tar sands are the single biggest supplier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Canadians: Upbeat in Ottawa | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

The news was huge - but it was also a lie. In 2006, Hwang admitted he had falsified his results. (Melton's colleague at HSCI, Kevin Eggan, finally created embryonic stem cells from patients in 2008.) Although Hwang became a pariah, he had the right idea. Melton and others had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stem-Cell Research: The Quest Resumes | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

In fact, establishing diplomatic relations with Iran would allow the US to use the rising price of oil to its advantage. Currently, Iranian oil production is barely 60 percent of what it was in 1977. This fall in production has been largely attributed to a lack of foreign investment. Without...

Author: By Matthew H. Ghazarian | Title: It’s Diplomacy, Stupid! | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

The relatively safe extraction process is also good news for the thousands of tourists who flock to Potosi each to see the Salar's sprawling white desert and sleep in a hotel made entirely of salt. Lithium is found in the water in the area, but instead of unsightly pipelines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Lithium Car Batteries, Bolivia Is in the Driver's Seat | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

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