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...Number of genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, a small plant of the mustard family...
...largest apparel maker listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, Luen Thai has factories in four countries but is shifting capacity to mainland China ahead of the lifting of the trade restrictions. Last year, the company's plant on the tiny Pacific island of Saipan?a U.S. territory exempt from quotas?accounted for nearly half of all its production, compared with about 25% from China. But Chinese output is expected to double this year, and for the next few years Luen Thai plans to increase head count at its Dongguan facility from 5,000 to 14,000. In May, Luen...
Kuhn describes a section field trip to the General Electric plant in Lynn, Mass. “When we got there the executive who greeted us and gave us the tour said, ‘You guys really don’t look like HBS students.’” Then, indicating Bush, Kuhn recalls the manager saying, “That guy looks like someone who just came off the third shift.” However, the clothes belied a man who took many opportunities to lead his peers...
Come Nov. 7, Pyara will try to take a cut out of the Square’s already crowded health and beauty market with its trademark blend of “ancient Ayurvedic philosophies” and “advanced flower and plant technology,” according to its menu of services...
...immediate cause of the disastrous shortage—reportedly the safety failures at an English plant of the Chiron Corporation—are just a symptom of a larger problem that has been allowed to fester for years. Over the last decade, the number of suppliers of the flu vaccine in the U.S. has dwindled to two. Yet outrageous as this dangerous trend is, long term preventative solutions should not be the present focus; there is no use crying over spoiled milk, or, more appropriately, spoiled vaccine...