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...j11.9 million to 13 stem-cell research centers in eight countries over four years, and, in July, authorized an additional but unspecified sum from its j54.5 billion research budget for 2007-2013. That in turn has prompted municipal authorities in places like London and North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, to recruit managers to coordinate stem-cell research and development so their economies can benefit from potential breakthroughs in the estimated $56 billion market for stem-cell biology and applications. "Almost every major city is trying to set up stem-cell work," says Una Chen, head of the Stem Cell Therapy Program...
...want to consider adding a case study in humility. Despite its four-year run as the top business school according to U.S. News and World Report, HBS ranked 14th for the second year in The Wall Street Journal. The Journal/Harris Interactive ranking is based on surveys of corporate recruiters. Recruiters were asked to rank business schools based on 21 attributes, including MBA students’ communication skills, teamwork orientation, and personal integrity. The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business nabbed the number one spot ahead of the Tuck School at Dartmouth, which had topped three...
...infrastructure needed to apply early. Besides mitigating some of the advantages of the privileged, the College plans to further attract minority and low-income applicants by using November and early December—a time now spent reviewing early applications—to further reach out to and recruit students who may not otherwise apply.Harvard’s change should also help stem the college admissions frenzy that has increased exponentially among high school students and their parents. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said that early admissions programs act as “fuel...
...which is now earning handsome profits. Nor has he shied from downsizing. Under his reign, Boeing's commercial division layed off 30,000 workers, shuttered factories and killed products that weren't pulling their financial weight, like the 100-seat 717 plane. Says Bill Ford, on his decision to recruit Mulally: "I wouldn't have made this move unless I found the right person... I felt our management team needed a leader who had earned his stripes in a very tough situation...
...normally disciplined Republican machine let their primary for such an important office turn into a laughing stock is grist for comedy shows and conspiracy theories alike. Abandoned early and publicly by both state and national party leaders - everyone from Jeb Bush to Karl Rove reportedly tried to recruit an alternative candidate - Harris's every campaign stumble and fashion faux-pas has eclipsed virtually all other issues, even her questionable dealings with Mitchell Wade, the defense contractor who funnelled $32,000 in illegal contributions to her 2004 reelection campaign and has also plead guilty to bribing California congressman Duke Cunningham. (Harris...