DHAKA, Bangladesh — Criminal charges for “unpardonable negligence” should be brought against the owner of the Bangladesh garment factory where a fire killed 112 people last month, according to a preliminary report from a government inquiry submitted Monday. “The owner of the factory cannot be indemnified from the death of large numbers of workers from this fire,” Main Uddin Khandaker, the...
N.I.H. to Start Initiatives to Raise Number of Minority Scientists
Label: HealthFew blacks enter biomedical research, and those who do often encounter obstacles in their career paths. A study published last year found that a black scientist was markedly less likely to obtain research money from the National Institutes of Health than a white one — even when differences of education and stature were taken into account. The institute has now announced initiatives...
N.I.H. to Start Initiatives to Raise Number of Minority Scientists
Label: LifestyleFew blacks enter biomedical research, and those who do often encounter obstacles in their career paths. A study published last year found that a black scientist was markedly less likely to obtain research money from the National Institutes of Health than a white one — even when differences of education and stature were taken into account. The institute has now announced initiatives...
As Europe Presses Google on Antitrust, U.S. Backs Away
Label: TechnologyBRUSSELS — Google seems on its way to coming through a major antitrust investigation in the United States essentially unscathed. But the outlook is not as bright for Google here, as the European Union’s top antitrust regulator prepares to meet on Tuesday with Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission appears to be ready to back off...
Japan’s Next Leader, Shinzo Abe, Shifts Focus
Label: WorldYoshikazu Tsuno/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesShinzo Abe, set to be prime minister, said Monday that there would be no negotiation over Japan’s stake in islands that China also claims, but his position is no tougher than the incumbents’. TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, set to return as Japan’s prime minister after his party’s landslide victory on Sunday, means it when he says he knows what it feels like...
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Pilots at United Agree on a Contract
Label: BusinessUnited Airlines pilots have agreed to a new joint union contract, bringing the airline closer to completing its merger with Continental. The new four-year contract, which includes raises averaging 43 percent and bigger retirement contributions, covers those who came from United as well as pilots who flew for Continental before the carriers merged in 2010 into United Continental Holdings....
Experts Say Thimerosal Ban Would Imperil Global Health Efforts
Label: HealthA group of prominent doctors and public health experts warns in articles to be published Monday in the journal Pediatrics that banning thimerosal, a mercury compound used as a preservative in vaccines, would devastate public health efforts in developing countries. Representatives from governments around the world will meet in Geneva next month in a session convened by the United Nations...
Experts Say Thimerosal Ban Would Imperil Global Health Efforts
Label: LifestyleA group of prominent doctors and public health experts warns in articles to be published Monday in the journal Pediatrics that banning thimerosal, a mercury compound used as a preservative in vaccines, would devastate public health efforts in developing countries. Representatives from governments around the world will meet in Geneva next month in a session convened by the United Nations...
Is Google Abusing Its Market Power? Former Legal Allies Disagree
Label: TechnologyLeft: Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; Right: Peter DaSilva for The New York TimesSusan Creighton is now in Google's corner while Gary Reback represents several companies that have complained to the government about Google. In the digital economy, 14 years is an eternity. Fast-shifting technology means that companies, once feared and seemingly invincible, fade, while new powers...
Darjeeling Journal: Darjeeling Tea Growers Get Protection From E.U.
Label: WorldEnrico Fabian for The New York TimesA woman on the Sungma Tea Estate in Darjeeling, India, where growers have followed the example of Scottish whisky distillers and French wineries in limiting the use of certain geographic names to products from those places. More Photos »DARJEELING, India — Among connoisseurs, few teas surpass a good Darjeeling. The smooth and mellow taste commands a premium price,...
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