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...fight over how the money is spent when it starts to flow in 2008. New Jersey is mulling a plan to devote $380 million to a research facility and grants. In Wisconsin, where in 1998 James Thomson became the first scientist to cultivate human embryonic stem cells, Governor Jim Doyle wants $375 million for an institute. And Illinois is considering a "nip and tuck" law that would impose a 6% tax on elective medical procedures like plastic surgery to fund a stem-cell center...
...worldwide advertising spending has dropped around 5% in the past 10 years. While it's not clear to what extent free papers are squeezing paid-for titles' revenue, "It's definitely the case that free newspapers are generating significant ad revenues, some of which are unique to them," says Jim Chisholm, strategy adviser to the wan. Though newspapers' share of the global ad spend is sliding, total ad revenues for newspapers are growing. According to Nielsen Media Research, advertising spending in Britain's Metro climbed 9.2% in 2004, compared to 3.9% across the U.K.'s daily newspaper market. So what...
...Revolution) next spring. It may have voice-recognition, wi-fi and touch-screen controls similar to the technology in its newest handheld, the DS. Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president, has criticized the ballooning money spent on game and console development. Unfortunately, it's a bit late for that. --By Jim Frederick/Tokyo
...that his illness had brought him closer to his maker. He had come to believe that his supporters' prayers had helped drive back the malignancy. West joked that he imagined God, inundated with requests for his recovery, was barking, "Get me an angel. I need to know who this Jim West...
...money and technology to reduce harmful emissions but lacks the political will to do so? It would be better for the American people to start planting trees in their backyards and write to their representatives in Washington to tell President George W. Bush to support the Kyoto Protocol. Jim Victa Hipolito Kawit, the Philippines...