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10 Feb 2009 10:28

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Tech: Why should Darwin get all the evolution attention?

A MacArthur Fellow poses the question. Carl Safina, in an essay in the New York Times, says that by putting all the attention on the guy who discovered evolution, it’s allowed later advances – Gregor Mendel’s patterns of heredity, DNA, developmental biology, and genetic medicine – to get ignored by those who don’t support the theory of evolution . Safina claims Charles Darwin has unfairly become the talking point. The dude could’ve turned 200 this week, by the way. source

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10 Feb 2009 10:18

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Biz: We don’t care if Starbucks has breakfast combos now. They still suck.

A full meal, only $3.95 Starbucks claims that the cruddy economy has inspired them to do something they’ve never done before: Offer fast-food-style combos. For $3.95, you get a 12 oz. coffee and a breakfast sandwich. Or a 12 oz. latte and oatmeal or a roll. About time they gave into their mediocrity.
Price readjustment The company, which built its brand on charging people a crapload of money for a really fancy drink, has tried to change course recently to match the prices of less-cool competitors like Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s. Oh, and they had lots of layoffs recently. source

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10 Feb 2009 10:06

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U.S.: Treasury secretary: “American people have lost faith”

Our challenge is much greater today because the American people have lost faith in the leaders of our financial institutions, and are skeptical that their government has – to this point – used taxpayers’ money in ways that will benefit them.
Timothy F. Geithner • Treasury secretary, who will announce a bailout plan for the banks today. • source

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10 Feb 2009 09:57

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Biz: GM is planning deep, deep layoffs

10,000 salaried employees will get cut by General Motors. That’s 14% of its salaried work force.
3,400 laid-off GM workers will be from the U.S. That’s 12% of the automaker’s domestic salaried work force. source

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