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...kicked off the stool. The stock market responded with a shudder yesterday but at least did not collapse in response to the weekend media blitz about the Swine Flu outbreak. The reaction of the world's markets is likely to be close to panic if this disease becomes widespread and lethal. (See pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...human time scale. In one recent research project, Mukhopadhyay used noble gas concentrations in ocean coral off the coast of Africa as a way of tracking how dust emission rates have changed in response to climate variation. Because the drying of the Northern African Sahel region has caused widespread famine in recent decades, Mukhopadhyay says his research may be useful in understanding how further climate change will affect the region in the future. In addition to being an incisive and broad-ranging researcher, Mukhopadhyay also teaches Earth and Planetary Sciences 7, the department’s introductory course on geological...
...workers are exploiting unofficial benefits, too. At Katarina's cosmetics company, management traditionally tolerated employees pocketing the occasional beauty product. Once the crisis kicked off, people started taking home more - and more expensive - freebies. "It was pretty widespread, from interns all the way to vice presidents," says Katarina, admitting that she stuffed her purse with anti-wrinkle cream in the weeks before her departure...
...though recent changes could bring more transparency to non-profits, Rose questions whether new disclosure requirements will be enough to curb the widespread unethical practices he says...
...Without bothering to check the allegations with Qureshi, Indian newspapers and cable television channels descended on Rubina in her home in a slum in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, asking her to clarify the incident. Qureshi has consistently denied the tabloid's claims and has not been arrested - despite widespread reports in Indian newspapers and on television to the contrary. (See the real slum of Slumdog Millionaire...