Ever see the movie Fantastic Voyage? Really, really miniaturized people floating around in the blood stream, sent on a mission to save some poohbah’s life. Great for a science fiction plot. Now it’s great for reality too, in the form of nanotechnology. Really, …
Archive for November, 2008
Change at the Top for Wal-Mart and Carrefour
by Alexandra Biesada, November 24, 2008, 7:00 amOn Friday Wal-Mart Stores announced that Mike Duke, currently head of the company’s international division, will succeed Lee Scott as president and CEO of the world’s largest …
Fair trade: it’s not just for coffee anymore
by Patrice Sarath, November 21, 2008, 7:00 amGood-bye, banking and construction, hello coffee shops! As my beat at Hoover’s has changed from the banking industry with its current “Song of the Volga Boatmen” soundtrack, I am now covering other industries that provide slightly more happiness in these troubled …
Oil hijacking — Saudi supertanker taken to Somalia
by Stuart Hampton, November 20, 2008, 7:00 amSome pirates have hijacked one of Saudi Aramco’s supertankers on the high seas and sailed it to the coast of Somalia. It contains a cargo worth $100 million.
The Sirius Star, with a full load of about 2 million barrels of Saudi crude (more …
Will the new Yankee Stadium have a network? Yes, and we don’t mean YES.*
by Jeff Dorsch, November 19, 2008, 7:00 amMy parents insist that I became a fan of the New York Yankees after watching the TV broadcast of Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, when I was not quite three months old. I tell people …
AstraZeneca’s Crestor: Will Jupiter study create a statin stampede?
by Anne Law, November 18, 2008, 7:00 amThe Jupiter study, as the recently-released Crestor drug trial results have been dubbed, points out some potentially groundbreaking advantages of statin drugs for patients not currently in the “must take” category. While wise individuals will take every new …
Has ethanol tanked?
by Barbara Murray, November 17, 2008, 9:05 amIt seems so. After a number of years of being praised as an alternative to gasoline for our trucks and cars, just about everyone has come to the conclusion that the corn-based fuel, ethanol, isn’t going to deliver us from further damaging the Earth’s atmosphere, help stop …
Government and banks extend a helping hand to homeowners. Really?
by Ryan Caione, November 14, 2008, 7:00 amIt’s apparently now fiscally prudent to help people. With 8.5 million homeowners predicted to default on their mortgages by 2011, government entities and big banks have been falling all over one another this week to announce plans to give them some leeway. Fannie …
Baucus takes the reins on health care reform
by Kristi Park, November 13, 2008, 7:00 amMax Baucus sure doesn’t waste any time. While Sarah Palin is still returning her $150,000 wardrobe and President-Elect Obama is measuring the White House drapes, the Democratic senator from Montana made a play for leadership on health care reform with a policy paper outlining his …
