Sang Tan/Associated PressGlaxoSmithKline hung on to its perennial top spot in the new Access to Medicines Index released last week, but its competitors are closing in. Every two years, the index ranks the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies based on how readily they get medicines they hold patents on to the world’s poor, how much research they do on tropical diseases, how ethically...
Heat is on Groupon's Andrew Mason
Label: Business In June 2011, Groupon Inc. Chief Executive Andrew Mason took the stage at a conference hosted by influential technology blog...
Dec
02
Two girls pulled from trench in Tinley Park
Label: World Tinley Park officials say two young girls rescued from a trench were "conscious and breathing" when they were taken to...
Here’s How to Turn Nicki Minaj into Jay-Z
Label: TechnologyWe realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:RELATED: It’s Sort of Fun Watching Pippa Middleton SquirmThis is silly, but it’s Friday and a unicorn lair...
“Silver Linings” David O. Russell on how Jennifer Lawrence skyped her way to Oscar front-runner
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Jennifer Lawrence is at the forefront of best actress Oscar talk for her lead role in “Silver Linings Playbook.” But, as writer-director David O. Russell explained to the audience at TheWrap screening series Thursday night, he was so convinced she wasn’t right for the role that he only had her audition via Skype.“Quite frankly, it was like a formality,” Russell told the...
Unboxed: Stand-Up Desks Gaining Favor in the Workplace
Label: HealthTHE health studies that conclude that people should sit less, and get up and move around more, have always struck me as fitting into the “well, duh” category. But a closer look at the accumulating research on sitting reveals something more intriguing, and disturbing: the health hazards of sitting for long stretches are significant even for people who are quite active when they’re not sitting...
Designer made herself into a manufacturer
Label: BusinessShoemaker Annie Mohaupt nearly closed down a year ago after her move to make sandals in China proved a bust. In the year that followed, she started her own factory in Chicago, producing and selling her luxury wooden shoes. (Posted Dec. 1st, 2012) ...
Dec
01
Alabama wins SEC title, will face Notre Dame next
Label: World ATLANTA -- Notre Dame, the Tide rolls for thee.Alabama rallied twice in the second half to down Georgia 32-28 in the SEC Championship...
“Hobbit” may bring a Hollywood ending to 2012 box office
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – It took more than a decade, two directors and a lawsuit before “The Hobbit” made it to the big screen. Hollywood executives are crossing their fingers that the culmination of that journey will help smash movie box office records this year.The film, which opens on December 14, is expected to contribute to the first annual box office increase in North America in three years,...
Jewel parent says sale talks proceeding
Label: Business Exterior of Jewel-Osco's first "Green Store" located at 370 N. Desplaines in Chicago. ...
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