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...billion loan to GM raises hopes that the company can survive the first quarter and present a complete re-organization plan by March 31. GM hasn't said yet whether it will require additional loans during this quarter - $4 billion more has been authorized - though CEO Rick Waggoner, speaking to reporters at the Detroit Auto Show, said it is a possibility. He also said that a GM bankruptcy is still "an option...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Auto Bailout Keeps Growing, and Growing | 1/14/2009 | See Source »

...checklist is kind of an effort to produce a consistent Hawthorne effect," says Gawande. "It is intended to make people aware that other people expect these things to be done." Researchers checked whether teams behaved differently when the researchers were present and when they were not and found no difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: A Simple Surgery Checklist Saves Lives | 1/14/2009 | See Source »

...Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act signed by President Bush last month will help a bit by giving pension-plan sponsors more time to get a grip on asset losses. Even so, 2009 will present a costly pension-plan repair bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pension Losses Could Whack 2009 Corporate Profits | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...opened a new window of understanding on what mosquitoes are capable of doing," says Ronald Hoy, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell who participated in the research. The study may also present a new way of controlling the A. aegypti population. (See the top 10 animal stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mosquito Mating Song: Dengue Fever Duet | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...charges result from shifting electromagnetic fields that are always present, even in a vacuum, said Jeremy N. Munday, one of the study’s authors...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEAS Researchers Measure Quantum Repulsive Force | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

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