Heather Ainsworth for The New York TimesWorkers at a G.E. battery plant in upstate New York. G.E. has researchers nearby, which allows for more collaboration. SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The Obama administration has long heralded the potential of American factories to offer good, stable middle-class jobs in an economy that desperately needs them. But experts say there might be another advantage to expanding...
In Cairo Crisis, Unheard Voice From the Poor
Label: WorldTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesIn Boulaq, so long neglected that houses regularly collapse, there had been little expectation that leaders would provide. But the disregard of the new president has been harder to take. More Photos »CAIRO — A faded poster of Hosni Mubarak hangs on a wall in a crumbling neighborhood here, reminding residents of an empty pledge to find jobs for young people....
Dec
12
Another Look at a Drink Ingredient, Brominated Vegetable Oil
Label: BusinessJames Edward Bates for The New York TimesSarah Kavanagh, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula. Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a...
Well: Life, Interrupted: My Mother's Cooking
Label: HealthLife, InterruptedSuleika Jaouad writes about her experiences as a young adult with cancer.For many of us, the holiday season triggers memories of food and family. That’s certainly the case for me. I can always tell when my mother, an artist who grew up in Switzerland, starts to feel nostalgic for home. It is the smell of the crispy apple tarts, the ginger cookies, and the creamy muesli full of nuts...
Well: Life, Interrupted: My Mother's Cooking
Label: LifestyleLife, InterruptedSuleika Jaouad writes about her experiences as a young adult with cancer.For many of us, the holiday season triggers memories of food and family. That’s certainly the case for me. I can always tell when my mother, an artist who grew up in Switzerland, starts to feel nostalgic for home. It is the smell of the crispy apple tarts, the ginger cookies, and the creamy muesli full of nuts...
After Deportation, John McAfee Returns to U.S.
Label: TechnologyMIAMI (AP) — John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer, arrived in the United States on Wednesday night after being deported from Guatemala, where he had sought to evade police questioning in the killing of a man in neighboring Belize. Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJohn McAfee at the airport in Guatemala City. He was deported from that country and arrived in Miami...
World Briefing | Middle East: U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Pay Visit to Iran
Label: Worldnuclear inspectors visited Iran for their first meeting since August, but they appeared to be no closer to resolving a dispute over their repeated requests to examine Parchin, a military site that the inspectors suspect was used for atomic weapons trigger tests. The head of the inspector delegation, Herman Nackaerts, deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Vienna, told...
Dec
11
Top Executives End Opposition to Higher Taxes
Label: BusinessChip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWhite House officials have been pressing top business executives, like Lloyd C. Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, to support higher taxes on wealthy Americans. A broad swath of the nation’s leading chief executives dropped its opposition to tax increases on the wealthiest Americans on Tuesday, while the White House quietly pressed Wall Street titans for their support as well....
Well: Why Afternoon May Be the Best Time to Exercise
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.Does exercise influence the body’s internal clock? Few of us may be conscious of it, but our bodies, and in turn our health, are ruled by rhythms. “The heart, the liver, the brain — all are controlled by an endogenous circadian rhythm,” says Christopher Colwell, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Brain Research...
Well: Why Afternoon May Be the Best Time to Exercise
Label: LifestylePhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.Does exercise influence the body’s internal clock? Few of us may be conscious of it, but our bodies, and in turn our health, are ruled by rhythms. “The heart, the liver, the brain — all are controlled by an endogenous circadian rhythm,” says Christopher Colwell, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Brain Research...
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