Word: mende
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Regardless of who planted the bombs, the violence has shaken a country that had been trying to mend its international reputation following the military coup. Thailand remains a regional manufacturing hub, but competition from China, India and even upstart Vietnam is threatening profits. Complicating matters are efforts by the military-installed government to reform the finance sector in ways that may penalize the very foreign companies needed to keep investment flowing into Thailand. Proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act, for example, could force thousands of foreign firms to sell shares to Thai locals if they wish to continue operating...
...weighed less than 20 lbs. and was suffering from AIDS, pneumonia and tuberculosis. Today he's 18 lbs. heavier, his shy smile has returned, and he plays once again with other kids in the neighborhood. When I visited the clinic in August, Bokang was already on the mend. He was asked through an interpreter why he thought he was feeling so much better, and replied very simply, "It's the medicine...
...make the discovery available to millions, Harvard is partnering with Medicine in Need (MEND), a Cambridge nonprofit led by Edwards that seeks to improve drug delivery to the developing world...
...sales of Edwards’ TB spray, the University will forgo all of the royalties it earns in developing countries, and a major share of its royalties in developed countries, as well. Harvard will divert those earnings back to MEND, says Isaac Kohlberg, who leads the University’s licensing office...
When the Gates Foundation agreed to fund Edwards’ project, it stipulated that Harvard would have to license the technology to MEND and that Harvard could not take royalties from MEND’s sales to the developing world, Kohlberg says...