Oil dips below $50 a barrel Nov 21, 2008
As much as four million barrels of future oil production capacity could be jeopardized if prices remain below $60 a barrel, according to estimates by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a consulting firm. This means that the sharper the drop in prices now, the steeper the rebound might be when the economy picks up again. (International Herald Tribune)
Plan to shutter newsstand pierces heart of Harvard Sq. Nov 20, 2008
Essdras M Suarez/ Globe StaffCambridge officials scrambled yesterday to find another tenant for the site of the iconic Out of Town News newsstand in Harvard Square ... CAMBRIDGE - John Kenneth Galbraith bought a copy of Le Monde there every day ... The owner, now a chain vendor, has notified Cambridge officials that it does not plan to renew its lease Jan. 31, saying the public appetite for printed news has all but vanished. (Boston Globe)
At Harvard, it's business as usual Nov 20, 2008
Founded as a pioneer in teaching new-fangled professional management, HBS never really fit into the august academic setting of Harvard College in Cambridge on the north side of the Charles River. Its legendary dean, Wallace Donham, took it to marshland south of the Charles, where it built a new campus in the late 1920s with the help of George Baker's millions. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Embarrassed BNP admits its members list has been published online Nov 19, 2008
Ian, Cambridge, England. Chris, Denmead, England Flawed logic there pal. (Times Online)
If you build it green, they will come Nov 18, 2008
on a wooded hillside in Cambridge was built with straw-bale construction, recycled. wood, non-toxic paint, solar panels, a green roof and a wastewater and grey water filtration and recycling system. (Globe and Mail)
Law professor fires back at file-sharing lawsuits Nov 18, 2008
Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, poses in his office in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday, Nov. 12. (Globe and Mail)
'$100 laptop' group reboots Give One Get One Nov 18, 2008
$100 laptop' group reboots Give One Get One offer. November 17, 2008 at 10:10 AM EST. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
John J. McHugh, 89, former state crime lab director Nov 15, 2008
One of seven children, John Joseph McHugh was born in Cambridge and grew up in Watertown before his family moved to Waltham. His mother died when he was in his late teens and "things were really hard," his daughter said. (Boston Globe)
Affordable medicine plan goes global Nov 15, 2008
The Health Impact Fund, devised by Hollis and Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of philosophy and international affairs at Yale, will be presented to key government leaders, international aid agencies, NGOs, and pharmaceutical company representatives at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Georgetown universities over the next three weeks. "Currently, funding for drug innovation is based on people in rich countries paying taxes and drug insurance premiums to cover the exorbitant costs. Unfortunately, to... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Canada Pension Plan Says It May Bid for Wellcome Private-Equity Assets Nov 15, 2008
Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is seeking to sell about $1. 5 billion in partnerships managed by companies including Bain Capital LLC.. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Obama slept here: Create your own tour Nov 14, 2008
Obama was at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. from 1988 to 1991. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Prince Charles: 60 facts Nov 14, 2008
In October 1967 he went up to Cambridge University to read archaeology and anthropology at Trinity College, later switching to history ... He graduated from Cambridge with a BA Honours in June 1970, having been awarded a 2:2 grade. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Scientists solve 500 million year old fossils mystery Nov 13, 2008
The finding was made by scientists from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge and from the British Geological Survey, who studied 500 million year-old fossils of the Burgess Shale in Canada, discovered over a century ago ... Now, by careful restudy of its fossils, Alex Page and his colleagues Phil Wilby, Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz, of the universities of Cambridge and Leicester and the British Geological Survey, have solved this riddle. (Sify.com, India)
StorageVault Canada Inc. Announces the Signing of an Acquisition Agreement With Canadian Pups Storage Inc. and the Signing of a Master Franchise Agreement With Canadian Pups Franchises Inc. Nov 13, 2008
Termination of the Acquisition of Purchase and Sale Agreement With a Cambridge Self-Storage Facility ... Termination of Cambridge Acquisition Agreement ... StorageVault is also announcing that it has terminated the Acquisition Agreement of Purchase and Sale to acquire from an arm's length vendor a self-storage facility located in Cambridge, Ontario, as previously announced in a press release dated September 12, 2008. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Key 'switch' found for breast-cancer drug Nov 13, 2008
A test for resistance based on the research, published in Thursday's editions of the journal Nature, is probably about five years away, said study co-author Jason Carroll, a cancer researcher at the Cambridge Research Institute in the United Kingdom. Tamoxifen turns off a gene that causes tumours to grow, but sometimes it fails in a molecular tug-of-war with another protein, and that's when the drug doesn't work, Dr. Carroll said. (Globe and Mail)
ATS reports second quarter fiscal 2009 results Nov 12, 2008
TSX: ATA CAMBRIDGE, ON, Nov. 12 /CNW/ - ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. today reported its financial results for the three and six months ended September 30, 2008 as well as the Company's next steps in restructuring the Automation Systems Group ("ASG") ... During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company completed the sale of the redundant Spheral Solar building in Cambridge, Ontario for net proceeds of $16. (Canada Newswire)
Joe the ironic style icon Nov 11, 2008
the 21st Century, with its meaningless logos and ironic veneration of tyrants". I think "meaningless" is the unfortunate truth. Brenda, Armagh A couple more reasons why this psychopathic mass-murderer may still be "getting away with it":- The average, desperate-to-be-trendy, historically-uninformed, not-as-worldy-as-they'd-like-to-think student may consider a poster of Stalin to be a witty anti-American statement.- Knowing several intelligent Russians, I'm pretty sure they are still being... (BBC News -- UK)
* All eyes are on Bretton Woods II Nov 11, 2008
Lord Eatwell, professor of financial policy at Cambridge University, says the principles so far sketched by Brown, including better transparency and disclosure by financial firms, suggest he is still wedded to the received wisdom of recent decades X that unleashing the markets will provide the answers. In terms of what theyve already got on the table, its about transparency, and disclosure. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Losses force GM to slash 3600 jobs in Canada, US Nov 8, 2008
Drive to cambridge and see for yourself. Canada has NO, I repeat, NO domestic auto manufacturer, it is in our benefit to be a producer of cars, regardless of the origin of the parent company. (CTV.ca)
Miller Canfield Opens New Office in Shanghai Nov 5, 2008
The law firm has offices in the heart of the automotive industry in Michigan and Canada and a growing presence in the financial center of Chicago and in the biotechnology hub in Cambridge, Mass. Miller Canfield principal Thomas Appleman, a 27-year veteran in corporate and securities law, will lead the Shanghai office. (Law.com)
Osiris May Be Alone as Profitable Stem Cell Company for Years Nov 5, 2008
Genzyme, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, gained rights outside the U.S. and Canada to Prochymal and Chondrogen, an Osiris product that's being tested to treat patients with arthritis of the knee. Preparing to Launch. (Bloomberg)
Commodities Show Worst Recession in 3 Decades, `Scared to Death' of Longer Nov 4, 2008
While the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based official arbiter of U.S. economic cycles, has yet to call a , the CRB raw-materials index has plunged 31 percent since its peak in May. During the same period, U.S. factory production declined for three straight months, ending five years of gains. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Rotman School Dean Discusses Successful Leadership in Mumbai and Bangalore Nov 3, 2008
Previously, he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he served as co-head of the firm for two years. He serves on the Boards of Thomson Reuters, Research in Motion, and The Skoll Foundation. (PR Newswire)
Boston on a budget: Great haunts on the cheap Nov 1, 2008
Over the river: If you want another view of the city, take a quick T ride or a walk a bridge over the Charles River to Cambridge, home to Harvard and MIT. Enjoy the spectacular Boston skyline, visit the Harvard Coop bookstore, or take in the street performers in Harvard Square. When you're done, check out , just off Harvard Square. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Should Canada be talking to the Taliban? Nov 1, 2008
" Whether you agree or not, it's a provocative thesis, so we at globeandmail.com are pleased that Prof. Paris will be online Monday from 1-2 p.m. ET to take your questions on his essay and on the situation in Afghanistan in general. Join the Conversation at that time or in advance. Your questions and Prof. Paris's answers will appear at the bottom of this page when the discussion begins. Roland Paris is University Research Chair in International Security and Governance at the University of... (Globe and Mail)
Bat With Five-Foot Wingspan, African Delicacy, Out in Force on Halloween Nov 1, 2008
Tour guides have been trained and a visitor center has been built to help local residents benefit from ecotourism and the preservation of indigenous wildlife, Cambridge, England-based Fauna and Flora International said. The group has also helped set up two forest reserves to protect the Pemba flying fox. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Rochette wins short program Nov 1, 2008
and Davison, of Cambridge, Ont. slipped to third place in the short program because of a misunderstanding about the new rules for a spiral sequence. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Intensive care for preemies too intense? Oct 31, 2008
"Mortality at 28 days was higher in the early-insulin group than in the control group," Dr. Kathryn Beardsall at the University of Cambridge and colleagues wrote. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail)
Toronto has Ontario's worst road Oct 30, 2008
October 29, 2008 at 12:43 PM EDT. TORONTO Steeles Avenue along the northern edge of Toronto has been voted the worst road in Ontario for the second time in four years. (Globe and Mail -- National)
FEATURE - Can Smoke And Mirrors Ease Global Warming? Oct 28, 2008
"More evidence has been coming in since then, but it's far from making a reliable case for geo-engineering," said Terry Barker, head of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research and one of the leading authors of the UN panel report. The seas are already suffering enough from a "chemical soup" of pollution from humans, he said. (Planet Ark, United States)
DOCTOR'S FIGHT: How one neurologist spent decades getting drug to market Oct 28, 2008
When the Canadian prices became prohibitive, Marshall says, he began arranging for patients to get the drug from Cambridge Laboratories, its Irish maker. Finally, Jankovic says, his friend Kathleen Clarence-Smith, a neurologist with experience in developing drugs and getting them onto the market, founded Washington, D.C.-based Prestwick Pharmaceuticals in 2002 specifically to launch tetrabenazine in the USA. Jankovic said Clarence-Smith, who left Prestwick in January 2007, did not want to talk... (USA Today)
Nerd humour hits it big Oct 25, 2008
But when the appointed time came, almost 1,000 fans converged on the co-ordinates, which turned out to be a park in Cambridge, Mass. They came dressed in homage to their favourite strips, in T-shirts bearing equations, or in velociraptor costumes. (Globe and Mail)
Dollar's dive hits firms that hedged currency Oct 25, 2008
John Keating, chief executive officer of Cambridge, Ont. -based satellite component maker Com Dev International Ltd., says his firm's hedges are valuable, even if they've dented the gains the company would have made from a lower dollar. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Two dads and a flamboyant son Oct 24, 2008
Directed by Laurie Lynd and adapted from Michael Downing's novel (which was actually set in Cambridge) by Sean Reycraft, the movie isn't broad so much as obvious. Of course the little sissy is also a genius figure skater. (Boston Globe)
Red Bull to Ritalin Oct 24, 2008
If it was that good, everyone would be doing it," she says. While the practice was not condemned by her university friends, she concedes that her parents probably wouldn't approve. And of course, whatever the rights and wrongs of Ritalin as a "study drug", students are still going to have to do the work and perform in the exams. A good night's sleep might not be a bad idea. Send us your comments using the form below. Your article has some SERIOUS flaws. As a chemistry graduate from University... (BBC News -- UK)
Hawking to leave Cambridge post Oct 24, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, England Famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year, but intends to continue his exploration of time and space. Dr. Hawking, 66, is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a title once held by 18th-century physicist Isaac Newton. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Second T.O. team long overdue Oct 22, 2008
Hamilton/Burlington/Grismby: 700,000Mississauga: 675,000Kitcherner/Cambridge/Waterloo: 450,000London: 450,000Brampton: 425,000St ... Hamilton/Burlington/Grismby: 700,000Mississauga: 675,000Kitcherner/Cambridge/Waterloo: 450,000London: 450,000Brampton: 425,000St ... You could put one just off the 401 around Cambridge. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
A heartbreaking family secret Oct 21, 2008
Although her father had been one of the wealthiest men in Cambridge, Ont ... She also learned that he served as minister of labour during the Second World War and was a former mayor of Preston, now part of Cambridge. (Globe and Mail)
Washington Men's Crew Wins Head Of The Charles Regatta Oct 20, 2008
Washington completed the cross-town course from Boston through Cambridge and into Allston in 14:28 ... At the third marker in Cambridge, Washington had taken the lead, clocking in over a second faster than the French boat ... At the Cambridge checkpoint, the Huskies were in sixth place, behind only the Canadian national team, ASR Nereus of the Netherlands, Yale, the University of London/Tyrian Boat Club and the U.S. national team. (Gohuskies.com)
Tropical Cyclones Can Bury Greenhouse Gases - Study Oct 20, 2008
"The current amount of carbon dioxide building up from manmade sources is about 100-1,000 times faster than this carbon (burial) from the interaction between the cyclones, erosion and forests," said Robert Hilton of Cambridge University who was one of the authors. "In terms of the manmade carbon cycle this is not going to save us. But it illustrates that the earth has natural ways of dealing with carbon dioxide," he said. (Planet Ark, United States)
AGU journal highlights -- Oct. 16, 2008 Oct 17, 2008
Authors: Malte Thoma: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, U.K.; now at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Adrian Jenkins: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. (EurekAlert!)
As it happened: McCain v Obama Oct 16, 2008
Ruth Eisenbud, Cambridge, United States McCain seems to think that eloquence is a fault. Eloquence when it is supported by intelligence and reason, as is the case with Obama is a plus that is sorely needed by an American president. (BBC News)
Autonomy Corporation plc Announces Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2008 Oct 15, 2008
Strong Organic Growth Delivers Record Q3 Results Ahead of Expectations, With Highest Revenues and Profits in Autonomy's History Autonomy's Third Quarter Conference Call Will be Available Live at on October 15, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. BST/4:30 a.m. EST/1:30 a.m. PST. CAMBRIDGE, England, October 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software, today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30,... (PR Newswire)
The politics of postage stamps Oct 15, 2008
C Anderson, Cambridge. If context is everything, this Marie Stopes was the woman who basically disliked working class children and was opposed to the Education Act: "I need not labour the resulting effect of the ever increasing prolongation of youth." She feared that working class children and the conditions would give rise to "inferior stock". (BBC News -- UK)
A Kennedy School grad seeks political office in the Arctic Oct 14, 2008
"I thought, Fulbright? Isn't that for really smart people?" Still, time was running out, so he quickly applied, successfully, and before he knew it he was in Cambridge with his partner, Madeleine Cole, and their 6-week-old son ... The Inuit are known as adaptable people accustomed to handling extreme temperatures, but nothing prepared Ejesiak for late August in Cambridge ... "We suffered." Nor did he know what to make of the Cambridge mentality. (Boston Globe)
3 HK universities rank among the world's top 50 Oct 14, 2008
Harvard University and Yale University in the US continue to be the world's No.1 and No.2; while the Cambridge University and Oxford University in the UK, being both the world's No.2 with Yale last year took the third and fourth places. The Hong Kong University, the 18th last year, dropped to the disappointing 26th this year. (People's Daily Online)
Mystery continues to surround son's disappearance Oct 14, 2008
By , Staff writer Last updated: 1:31 p.m., Monday, October 13, 2008. Veronica Frear desperately wants answers about her son's mysterious disappearance even though maternal instinct tells her the news might not be good. (Albany Times Union)
In The Spotlight With Mira Djuric Oct 14, 2008
"Seriously, it's such a culture shock. It's such a big difference." For her, it has been great to have two teammates who are also from outside the United States; one being her roommate, , a freshman from New Zealand and the other is sophomore who hails from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Because of this similarity with her international teammates, Djuric feels as if she can relate to them more. (Seminoles.com)
'Godfather of rocksteady' Alton Ellis dies Oct 13, 2008
A housing estate in Cambridge, England, has captured the 2008 Stirling Prize for architecture. Accordia designed by the triumvirate of Feilden Clegg Bradley, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington has been hailed as 'a a new model for outside-inside life. (CBC.ca)
'So savvy, so innocent' Oct 12, 2008
Nickel, from Cambridge, is in demand across the continent for his presentations to youth and parents about Internet safety. He was an OPP officer for 14 years and the first officer to go undercover online on the Internet. (Winnipeg Sun)
Words you love Oct 11, 2008
I used to love the word syzygy because, in the Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, its definition (in the mathematical sense) went something like: "A group of rational, integral functions, which, when severally multiplied together, the sum of the products vanishes identically." Reggie Thomson, Cambridge, England. 49. (BBC News -- Americas)
"Exchange Bandit" suspect a $100000-a-year executive Oct 8, 2008
Detectives believe he may have taken a two-year hiatus only to return in March, 2007, in Toronto, Cambridge and Oakville. His latest robbery happened on Sept. 12 at the Scotiabank at 44 King St. W., in Torontos busy financial district. (National Post)
Harvard gets largest ever donation from an individual: $125-million Oct 8, 2008
It will build on the work of the existing Harvard Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Cambridge, and will be located in a science complex being built in Boston's Allston neighbourhood. Hansjorg Wyss's vision for the potential inherent in newly emerging areas of bioengineering will allow Harvard to integrate the worlds of biology and engineering to develop nontraditional solutions to seemingly insurmountable challenges, Provost Steven Hyman said. (Globe and Mail)
INTERVIEW: Q&A: Nintendo of America chief on game industry competition Oct 7, 2008
Q&A: Nintendo of America chief on game industry competition. The president of has the two hottest-selling game systems: the and the. (USA Today -- Tech)
Investment firm executive suspect in string of bank robberies Oct 6, 2008
Police suspect the same man robbed banks in Kitchener, Cambridge and Oakville in 2007. The Toronto robbery occurred this year on Sept. 12. (Canada.com)
The Logic of ‘Leading Through The Line' Oct 6, 2008
Corporate leaders often view a comprehensive performance-improvement program like the lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Toyota, and applied in its manufacturing plant in Cambridge, Ont. as an off-the-shelf solution that can be simply imposed on middle-level managers and front-line workers. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
The banker, the bandit and the bounty Oct 5, 2008
But in March, 2007, heists bearing the same marks popped up again in Toronto, Cambridge and Oakville. They continued this year, most recently Sept. 12 at a Scotiabank at 44 King St. W., just around the corner from Paradigm's offices at 95 Wellington St. W. The suspect's descriptions, actions and identifiable traits in the recent heists all match the earlier ones, police say. (Globe and Mail)
Plagiarising of speeches: the wise and the unwise Oct 4, 2008
Mary Beard of Cambridge and the TLS on culture ancient and modern. and why Barack Obama is nearing unstoppable. (Times Online)
Public Issues. Public Discourse. Oct 3, 2008
The $5,000 shortlisted titles were: Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent by Rodrigo Bascunan and Christian Pearce (Random House Canada), Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs by Michael C. Chettleburgh (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.), Fueling our Future: An Introduction to Sustainable Energy by Robert L. Evans (Cambridge University Press), and The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar by Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang (Viking... (Canada Newswire)
How the jumping bug breaks world record Oct 3, 2008
The answer, says University of Cambridge zoologist Malcolm Burrows, lies in a bow-like structure in the insect's internal skeleton, located between its hind legs and wings. Like an archer tensing his weapon, the bug contracts its muscles to draw back this so-called pleural arch and then releases the stored energy in one go, like a catapult. (Globe and Mail)
Scientists move closer to ‘artificial noses' Oct 3, 2008
com: Scientists move closer to artificial noses. Scientists move closer to artificial noses. (Globe and Mail)
Protests over terror arrest of German academic Oct 3, 2008
Tuesday August 21 2007. Academics from around the world have protested to Germany's federal prosecutor about the arrest and detention of a Berlin sociologist who is accused of associating with a terrorist group - apparently on the basis of his academic work. (Yahoo News -- Germany)
2 out of 3 colleges improve on eco-friendly grades Sep 25, 2008
The College Sustainability Report Card, released yesterday by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in Cambridge, awarded grades for "green" credentials to 300 institutions in the United States and Canada with the largest endowments. Just 15 schools received the highest grade. (Boston Globe)
Ironwood and Forest to Present Positive Data From Linaclotide Phase 2b IBS-C Study at ACG Annual Scientific Conference Sep 24, 2008
- Comprehensive Phase 3 Clinical Program Initiated - CAMBRIDGE, Mass ... Ironwood has raised $231 million in private equity financing and is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (PR Newswire)
An open letter from the Armenian American community to Blue Cross Blue Shield Sep 24, 2008
Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston (Cambridge). Homenetmen General Athletic Union. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
