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...wild by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service between 1991 and 2008. Conservationists did the same work in Mongolia, where they successfully reintroduced wild horse to the steppes of Central Asia. And new techniques - like selling the carbon sequestered in standing forests as a way to fight climate change - offer the potential for game-changing new sources of revenue for conservation. Altogether, the IUCN assessment estimates that 5% of currently threatened mammals are showing signs of recovery. But that's just a drop in the bucket compared to the number of mammals whose populations are dwindling fast - and nearly...
Alfred Dunhill was not born a gentleman. He was born in 1872 into the humble harness and saddlery business. Taking over from his father at the age of 21, he became obsessed with the craze for motor cars and was determined to offer the smart man-about-town motoring accessories: luggage, clocks and watches to time one's speed, even pipes to smoke while driving. According to the company's director of image, Yann Debelle de Montby, today's Homes of Alfred Dunhill, as the brand's new retail establishments have been named, offer something more than just shopping. "Whenever...
...actors come across as modest and reserved. Though Dennings was much more talkative than her costar, who gave little more than one-line answers. It’s easy to assume that Cera and his characters are one and the same—and he didn’t offer up much to confirm or deny that suspicion. When asked about the differences between his own experience as a child actor and the experiences of the regular teenagers he portrays, Cera said, “Well, the characters are totally different. None of the characters that...
...must-haves," as they were called, required the builder to allow other producers to use the pipe, even if that meant expanding it at the builder's expense. That was a nonstarter with the big producers, who didn't even put in bids. In the end, the only acceptable offer came from TransCanada, an independent Canadian pipeline builder...
...surprising, Genentech's own board balked at the offer, which came to $89 a share. That price will surely rise--to more than $100 a share, by some estimates--but the deal will almost definitely go through. Nonetheless, Roche will have to work hard to hang on to Genentech's laid-back culture, one that has always attracted top minds. "They know there won't be the same flexibility and creativity Genentech is known for," says biotech analyst Geoff Porges of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. "Roche is perhaps the industry's most brilliant acquirer, but it has never shown...