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...occasion of the dedication of the new Bauer Center for Genomics this March, Summers said “If ideas are to find expressions and cures to diseases, it is surely a major role for collaborations, closely defined, closely regulated; to be sure, collaborations with the private sector.” Summers has yet to clearly say what definitions and regulations he’s talking about, or how the Silicon Valley model applies to the vastly different world of life sciences. But as the public’s confidence in corporations continues to fall with the Dow, the dream...
Jackson said he hopes to carry on his work from the Kennedy School in the public sector...
...Governor JESSE VENTURA, one might have expected a more original exit line. But when he announced last week that he would not be seeking re-election in a state in which his popularity has fallen significantly, he said, "I feel it's time to go back to the private sector." This from a man who during his one term wrote a book, did color commentary for the now defunct XFL and consulted on a Broadway musical about his life, which, sadly, was abandoned the day of his announcement. Using a trick from Ross Perot's playbook, he cited a desire...
...folly, as well as unfair, for the developed North to protect its inefficient industries at the expense of the more competitive industries of the South. And to encourage more responsible and accountable government, the G-8 should also insist that their companies operating in Africa, particularly in the oil sector, maintain high standards of transparency and disclosure. This can only serve to strengthen the accountability of African governments to their people...
Despite a worldwide slowdown in business travel, airlines are jetting ahead with long-term plans to upgrade their business-class perks. The reason: they don't want to be left behind when the sector takes off again. Cathay Pacific spokesman Patrick Garrett admits that investing in luxury touches like an in-cabin cocktail bar while the economy takes a nosedive seems counterintuitive, but it's the only way to keep patrons coming back. "Business class is the most competitive market, an airline's biggest profit earner and comprises the most demanding customers," says Garrett...