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...Whether or not this U.S.-South Korea partnership will budge Pyongyang is an open question. The current bottleneck in negotiations is over an American demand that Pyongyang fully reveals all of its nuclear facilities, as well as acts of proliferation of nuclear know-how (including a suspected instance involving Syria). But the tide may turn in favor of the allies: after growing slightly for seven years, the North Korean economy contracted by 1.1% in 2006, according to South Korea's central bank, and a bad harvest has worsened chronic food shortages, say North Korea watchers. Lee has pledged to maintain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Mr. Sunshine | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...built its brand on the 3.6 million reliable midrange vehicles it produces every year, that is no small ambition. Think Ultraman meets Bond in a car designed for everyman--everyman who has $80,000 to spend. Building that car required Nissan to throw out much of its development know-how. Instead of a committee of Japanese engineers, Nissan put its faith in the creativity of a global team of engineers, designers and marketers. The GT-R is more than just a showpiece for gearheads, says Darren Cox, Nissan's brand-promotion manager in Paris: "The GT-R is a talisman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revving Up Nissan | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...couple of years spent beefing up its lighting division is causing Philips no such pain. With revenues touching $9 billion in 2007, the company leads the global market--illuminating offices and airports, streets and sports arenas. And with a slew of acquisitions in advanced light-emitting diode (LED) know-how, Philips is "'light' years ahead" of the competition, says JPMorgan analyst Andreas Willi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Complex Task of Simplicity | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...developers and animators in Singapore were hired less for their résumés than for their artistic eye. Students like Ho at Asian universities are its top potential recruits. "Our experiment is to take the most talented, passionate artists we can find and give them the necessary technical know-how," says Gail Currey, vice president and general manager of Lucasfilm Animation. The company's goal is to turn Singapore into a base for a new style of animation that combines East and West and could serve as a template for other U.S. studios expanding abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fantasy League | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...site, which counts over a half-million active users, according to Yagan, is noted for its algorithm that produces “match percentages†based on user-submitted questions on everything from smoking habits to religion. Yagan, an Applied Mathematics and Economics concentrator, used his college know-how to carve a niche in the online world. “Harvard didn’t give us great dating skills but it gave us great math skills,†he says. While a mathematical match can never be a definite indicator of success, Coyne credits the site with...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Site Makes Matches with Math | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

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