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...Consistent with the general practice among academic scientists, these cells are a reagent that will be shared,” he said at the time. “We hope that sharing these cells will quicken the pace of discovery...
...conflicting signals all come at a time when the U.S. is depending more than ever on foreign money to sustain growth. For Greenspan and his colleagues at the Fed, which has been gradually raising interest rates over the past year, the quandary is whether to quicken the pace or take a break. "You don't know exactly when to stop," says economist Mark Zandi of Economy.com "If history is any guide, they...
Cleveland is also begging James to stick by the Cavs; his bargain rookie contract ($18.8 million for four years) ends in 2007. Dan Gilbert, founder of online lender Quicken Loans, is forking over $375 million to buy the Cavs from longtime owner Gordon Gund. Gilbert says he'll do whatever it takes to keep James. Although James says, "I don't want to go anywhere else to play," it will probably take Kobe money, somewhere north of $130 million for a seven-year deal, to make him stay. The city is starving for a winner--Cleveland has gone 41 years...
FIND THE MONEY If you're like most people, you have no idea where you spend your cash or how much you charge each month until your credit-card statement arrives. By taking stock (pencil and paper works for this task; so does a money-management program like Quicken), you'll quickly learn just how much is going toward things like dry cleaning, iTunes downloads and those midafternoon Frappuccinos. Changing your habits is the surest way to find that $10 a day. And if you could manage to do that, in three years you would eliminate the hefty...
...Douglas A. Melton made 17 new stem cell lines freely available for private use. And last week, Harvard unveiled plans for a new stem cell center aimed at coordinating the University’s research in the area. Funded privately to circumvent government restrictions, the center will help to quicken the pace of American stem cell research...