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Financial Times

"'The banks had the balance sheet, but the reality was it was the taxpayers that were giving them the balance sheet. It’s not clear we want the taxpayer subsidising proprietary trading in electricity or even hedging in electricity,' says John Parsons, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist and former consultant to energy companies."
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The Boston Globe

"Though firefighters contained the small fire and it did not appear to cause significant damage, it knocked out Boston’s only nonstop flight to Asia Monday and sent ticketing agents scrambling to find alter­natives for 176 stranded travelers, while Boeing and federal ­inspectors were en route to determine what went wrong with the $207 million Dreamliner."
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CBS News

"Some of Rubin’s choices included academics like former M.I.T. President Susan Hockfield, lawyers like former S.J.C Chief Justice Margaret Marshall and business leaders like Bank of American Executive Anne Finucane and Mike Widmer, head of the Mass. Tax Payers Foundation."
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The Huffington Post

"But things are changing and the inception of the Skolkovo Foundation in 2010 is helping to transform the city, and the perception of Russia. Finally, 25 years after Margaret Thatcher described Mikhail Gorbachev as somebody she could 'do business with', the global community are beginning to believe that Russia can be the same."
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The Wall Street Journal

"When they asked economists to express a degree of confidence in their responses, one pattern turned up: Those who teach at Chicago, Harvard and MIT express substantially more confidence than those who teach at Princeton, Yale and Stanford."
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Forbes

"In an article entitled Science of Subtle Signals, Buchanan chronicles the work of Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland at the MIT Media Lab who is challenging the prevailing wisdom on organizational effectiveness."
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CNNMoney

"In the coming years, access to spectrum will be an increasingly important foundation of America’s leadership as mobile broadband becomes a major driver of our nation’s future economic growth, and faster and more capable mobile connections become essential in improving every facet of society."
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The New York Times

"After a two-year investigation, the Federal Trade Commission concluded this week that Google’s search practices did not violate antitrust law. Those who wanted to see an epic battle like the one the government fought with Microsoft in the 1990s were sorely disappointed."
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The Financial Times

"The word 'bespoke' is more usually associated with Savile Row than skincare but beauty brands are increasingly turning to made-to-measure ingredients to tackle age-old problems."
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The New York Times

"I’m happy to report that the new edition of this slender volume is an improvement — perhaps even the single best thing written about climate change for a general audience."
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The Wall Street Journal

"Take the question of whether tighter, stricter management practices boost productivity and corporate performance. On Friday, several well-known academic economists and the U.S. Census Bureau will unveil the first-ever, large-scale study of American manufacturing practices at the American Economic Association confab in San Diego."
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Science Friday

"It has a negative temperature, but actually negative temperatures are in some sense hotter than positive temperatures."
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The Boston Globe

"Universities, hospitals, and defense contractors are delaying hiring and expansion — and in some cases laying off workers — because Congress postponed spending decisions in the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, leaving the future uncertain for these critical sectors of the Massachusetts economy."
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WGBH

"Rental car giant Avis is acquiring Cambridge-based ZipCar for $491 million. What will this mean for ZipCar and its devotees?"
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The Huffington Post

"American scientist Robert S. Langer was honored for innovations that 'have had a profound impact on medicine,' a foundation statement said."
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