Word: ince
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cover this new cost,” Rosenthal wrote. There are over 120 different strains of HPV, but the four that Gardasil fends off are responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer cases and 90 percent of genital warts infections. According to the website of Merck & Co., Inc.—Gardasil’s manufacturer—testing found the vaccine to be 100 percent effective in preventing high-grade cervical pre-cancers and non-invasive cervical cancers associated with HPV type 16 and 18 infections. But the cost of the injection series, each priced...
...Realize that our domestic principles are still sound politics and sound policy, if we actually adhere to them. For example, in early November the Republican polling firm OnMessage Inc. found that in swing districts with Republican incumbents, likely voters trusted Democrats more than Republicans to “reduce the the deficit,” “cut taxes for the middle class,” and “keep government spending under control.” It seems that, at least in part, Democrats were elected as a protest against Republicans’ failure to live...
...dressed outsider took his place. One might say that life among the University’s endowment managers has come to resemble a Spanish-language soap opera. Now, the University’s own holdings are moving that way as well. Harvard’s investment in Univision Communications Inc., the Spanish-language broadcaster, swelled during the fiscal quarter that ended Sept. 30 to become its 13th largest stake in a publicly traded company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That investment would be worth $32.4 million at the close of trading yesterday, if the University...
...vibrant, with a growing entrepreneurial class (40,000 private businesses were launched in 2005) and thriving commodity businesses. Vietnam is now the world's largest pepper exporter and second-largest exporter of coffee, cashews and rice. And multinational companies are increasingly selecting the country as a manufacturing base. Canon Inc. has two giant printer factories in Vietnam and is building a third in Bac Ninh province, 20 miles northeast of Hanoi. The new plant will be the largest inkjet printer factory in the world. Nike recently increased its annual production in Vietnam from 54 million pairs of shoes...
Edwards’ humanitarian venture will commercialize a technique he developed at Advanced Inhalation Research, a startup he co-founded in 1997. The startup’s founders sold their firm to Alkermes Inc. in 1999—netting $22 million in stock for Edwards, according to The Boston Globe. Two years later, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering...