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...almost two decades, the BBC had expanded its operations rapidly as it tried to keep abreast of convulsive changes in technology and viewing habits. It funded these adventures with cash from license payers. It was already beginning to slim down again when, in 2006, the government agreed to a lower-than-inflation increase to the cost of the license fee over the next six years, leaving the broadcaster with a $4 billion shortfall. Cutting jobs and selling property will keep the Beeb afloat for now, but underpinning today's turbulence is a deeper question that even its own managers...
...Kathleen Kingsbury mentioned that women who have more children have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. Might part of the problem in the industrialized world be that women breast-feed for a relatively short duration? The vast majority of mothers in the U.S. wean a baby by six months. In contrast, most mothers in developing countries still practice the age-old custom of nursing a child for two to four years. A woman need not birth a baker's dozen to lessen her risk for breast cancer; breast-feeding beyond one year might very well benefit both...
...national average, according to data released Monday by the College Board. While the price of a full year of classes at Harvard College is still nearly $8,000 higher than the national average—$31,456 compared to $23,712—tuition here increased at a lower rate this year than the average increase for four-year, private colleges nationwide—3.9 percent versus 6.3 percent. “Some of the most expensive schools are those that don’t have as large an endowment as Harvard does,” Sandy Baum, the study?...
...service will be provided through an innovative mesh network that is cheaper and more efficient than previous technologies because it requires less wiring and has lower installation costs. We welcome Cambridge’s effort, along with Harvard’s active role in it: Three of the new antennas were placed on Harvard-owned buildings. Looking toward the future, we hope that this kind of open access will spark the development of cheaper communication, especially telephony through Internet-based voice over IP (VoIP...
...under-appreciated, find ourselves as policymakers in these governments, brokers in these markets, or researchers in these labs? Perhaps we sound puerile in taking one bout of newspaper reporting and raising the stakes so high; but the reality is that we sell ourselves short if we aim any lower...