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...front-row ticket at Yankee Stadium for $2,500? Fuhgeddaboutit. With fewer fans packing the new $1.5 billion ballpark (and rows of empty seats creating an embarrassing eyesore on TV), the franchise announced it would slash prices for premium seats by as much as 50% and give extra seats to season-ticket holders. Still, with average tickets costing 75% more than those at the old stadium, it may not be enough to get New Yorkers to play ball...
...remain closed during the summer, leaving students with two smaller, less centrally-located facilities: Hemenway Gymnasium near the Law School and the Murr Center, situated across the Charles River by the athletic fields. As part of the University’s sweeping cost-cutting measures, the initiative aims to slash expenses in the athletic department’s budget. But athletic administrators said the move would also cut back on the services that are usually provided by the MAC during the summer—such as an Olympic-sized pool and a host of specialty classes like salsa dancing...
...vaccine may also prove easier to develop since all it requires is an accurate genetic sequence of three critical virus genes. That could especially help with swine flu, since researchers found back in the 1970s that the virus doesn't grow well in chicken eggs; that could slash the yield and slow production of a potential new vaccine. "As long as we get the genetic sequence of some viral proteins, it doesn't matter where the virus came from - human, swine or bird," says Singhvi. So far, Novavax's shot is still in the testing phase, but its VLP-based...
...Singapore, it seems, is suffering somewhat less than it appears. Unlike the U.S., where companies slash jobs at the first sign of financial trouble, many of Singapore?s largest companies are controlled by the government. Retrenchments at such government-linked giants as offshore oil rig builder Keppel Corporation, shipper Neptune Orient Lines, or DBS Bank are considered a last resort, after pay cuts, reduced employer contributions to retirement funds, and unpaid leave. A spokesperson for Singapore Airlines, for example, confirmed that in early April roughly a tenth of the airline's 14,000 employees had agreed to take unpaid leave...
...latest novel, the twistedly autobiographical “Lunar Park.” Neither the literary nor the Hollywood establishment is afraid of him anymore. The one has developed a taste for Ellis’s blood type, and the other has figured out how to slash his work into compliance—which is a shame. Ellis works best when he’s shocking. When he’s not, he’s as obsolete as Bateman’s Walkman. Sure, he still works, but he’s not worth it.—Staff...