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...cuts. Because Apple's success is based on creating new products, improving old ones and aggressive marketing, it will need all the people who work at the company and perhaps more. Apple is one of the few companies in the U.S. prepared to drive product introductions and spend to pick up market share as the recession deepens. Apple believes that it makes the best consumer electronics and PCs in the world and it is not going to let anything get in the way of expanding those franchises. (Read a TIME cover story on the iPhone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ten American Companies That Won't Cut Jobs | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...escape - may be driving traffic to the drill. But economic forces are more likely to be responsible. Dentists note that patients who receive limited or no insurance tend to skip cleanings and other dental maintenance during tough times as they look to save a few bucks. But dentists pick up even more revenue later on. Patients who've skipped checkups now have achy teeth and have no choice but to undergo a more expensive procedure. "It's human nature to say, 'I can't afford that right now, and if it doesn't hurt, I don't have a problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dentists: Smiling in the Face of Recession | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...mandated testing means, however, that states must pick up the tab - just under $100 per newborn for the full panel of 29 tests - through Medicaid or other programs if parents' insurance programs don't cover it. To meet demand, many states have invested in building labs within their public health departments or contracted with independent labs to perform the analyses. The March of Dimes is also pushing for national guidelines and appropriations to support newborn screening now that all 50 states are on board. "We're very mindful of the tough economic situation the states are experiencing," says Howse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genetic Tests For Newborns Now Widespread | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...pick Dev Patel, who was raised in the U.K., to play the lead? Why didn't you reach out to a Mumbai lad? Sree Reddy, PITTSBURGH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Danny Boyle | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...Quoting fellow beat writer Walt Howell, “I will never pick anyone to beat Cornell.” I concur. Cornell 75, Brown...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Nothing Clear in League Picture | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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