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...clear of risky drug development and stick to peddling genetic information. But many are now busy recasting themselves as little pharmaceutical firms and buying up smaller companies to fill the holes in their drug-development technology. Meanwhile, big drugmakers such as Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb, under pressure to jump-start their slowing rates of drug discovery, are investing billions of dollars in collaborations with biotech firms to mine the genome for new medicines...
...estimate was derived from an architect’s rough and ready “cartoon” drawing of the proposed new center that was sent out to potential donors along with the estimated $30 million figure in an effort to jump-start donations...
...Bush has figured out that smart Presidents shed tears, he is still learning that his options are limited. Bush's "plan" to jump-start the economy is the same plan he's had since the campaign. Its featured item--a $1.35 trillion, 10-year tax cut--has been enacted into law. Most of those $300 and $600 rebate checks have been sent out. Now Bush must hope that taxpayers use that money to spark a rebound or that the Fed's rate cuts ignite a rally on Wall Street. The other elements of Bush's proposed cure--freer trade...
...moment, federally funded stem cell research is at a standstill; Bush?s announcement could have several effects. It will either jump-start a stalled quest, establish careful conditions for scientific procedures, or bring the entire debate to a screeching halt...
...places like the Philippines, where the unemployed frequently take to the streets, growing numbers of idle workers could become a serious threat to social stability. In Manila, 30,000 employees were laid off in May alone. Corporate leaders there have given President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo a deadline: jump-start the economy in 90 days, or we'll begin firing people in droves. Armand Almadrigo, 3l, a Philippine warehouse worker who hasn't managed to find a new job after recently being laid off, wiles away his days in karaoke lounges. "Such good distraction?and cheap, too," he says. The music...