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Twenty years ago, a question posed by Italian journalist Riccardo Ehrmann prompted an East German official to say the words that triggered the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now new facts have emerged that shed a different light on that fateful press conference...
...awaiting their walking papers: No one knows how many of Wachovia's roughly 20,000 employees there will be cut in the company's merger with Wells-Fargo. Or how many of Bank of America's 15,000 Charlotte employees will survive the company's plans to shed some 35,000 jobs nationally in the coming years. "There's a whole lot of uncertainty, especially around Wells," says Bob Morgan, president of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce...
Despite the pressure of Chrysler's April 30 deadline to pull off a rescue package - or face potential bankruptcy - the United Auto Workers has been in no rush to make concessions. "As I see it, the United Auto Workers union has a choice. They can [shed] some jobs or they can take a pay cut," says a financial consultant based in Detroit. "Naturally when you're faced with two bad choices, there is a natural tendency to procrastinate...
...team of Harvard researchers have identified a potential method for treating Huntington’s disease that might shed light on treatments for similar neurodegenerative diseases. The team—led by scientists at the Harvard-affiliated MassGeneral Institute For Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND)—identified a novel mechanism of clearing disease-causing mutant huntingtin protein from brain cells by modifying the protein structure for autophagic degradation, a natural degradation process in cells. The introduction of a specific molecular fragment known as an acetyl group into the mutant proteins—a process also known as acetylation?...
...Banking (insert financial crisis joke here), supported vacations in Monaco, stylish lofts on the Upper East side, a golden retriever, and 2.4 progeny, Harvard class of 2029. Because, really, where else will there ever be a gathering of so many future millionaires, politicians, lawyers and doctors eager to shed lifetimes of awkward social behavior and just get laid...