The deal that helped sink Lehman Brothers is now playing an important role in paying off the failed investment bank’s creditors.The Lehman estate agreed on Monday to sell Archstone, the sprawling apartment complex company, to Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities for about $6.5 billion in cash and stock.Under the terms of the deal, the Lehman estate will receive $2.685 billion in cash, as well...
Hybrid 3-D Printer Used to Create Cartilage Implants
Label: Technology Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine have pioneered an approach to replace damaged cartilage, combining two low-cost techniques.That’s right. We have the ability to 3-D print human cartilage.The research team’s breakthrough mixes electrospinning, a method of creating synthetic, polymer-based nanoscale-fibrous materials used for implants and wound dressing,...
Singer Bjork’s vocal cord surgery successful
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Icelandic singer Bjork says she has had successful surgery to remove a vocal cord polyp.The eccentric 47-year-old singer says on her official website that she had been trying to tackle the problem with exercises and diets since doctors first discovered the polyp, a benign growth on either one or both of the vocal cords, several years ago.Bjork said that she decided to undergo laser surgery...
M.I.T. Lab Hatches Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozens
Label: HealthHOW do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company? Dr. Robert Langer, 64, knows how. Since the 1980s, his Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has spun out companies whose products treat cancer, diabetes, heart disease and schizophrenia, among other diseases, and even thicken hair. The Langer Lab is...
Legal Consensus of Warrantless Cellphone Searches Is Elusive
Label: BusinessJudges and lawmakers across the country are wrangling over whether and when law enforcement authorities can peer into suspects’ cellphones, and the cornucopia of evidence they provide. Peter DaSilva for The New York TimesOrganizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where Hanni Fakhoury is a lawyer, have lobbied for legislation that would require authorities to obtain a warrant...
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Egypt judges denounce Morsi maneuver, threaten strike
Label: World CAIRO — Political tension sharpened Saturday when judges threatened a nationwide strike and condemned President Mohamed Morsi...
How One <em>Myst</em> Fan Made Himself a Real-Life Linking Book
Label: Technology The classic PC game Myst was known for drawing people in to its massive, surreal world. But maker Mike Ando took a little piece of that world and drew it into ours. He made a lovingly authentic replica of the Linking Book that helps the main character — you — navigate the world.Myst was a ground-breaking point-and-click adventure game created by Cyan Worlds, made of...
“Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik tweets pre-Thanksgiving divorce plans
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Things are bound to be a little tense around the dinner table at Mayim Bialik‘s house this Thanksgiving.Bialik is divorcing her husband of nine years, Mike Stone, the “Big Bang Theory” star announced via her twitter account Wednesday.The actress, 36, tweeted a link to a blog post about the split with the message, “I’m beating the tabloids to it and posting this Divorce...
Insurer’s Regulatory Win Benefits a Chinese Leader’s Family
Label: BusinessGilles Sabrie for The New York TimesPing An, one of China’s largest financial services companies, is building a 115-story office tower in Shenzhen. The company is a $50 billion powerhouse now worth more than A.I.G., MetLife or Prudential. SHENZHEN, China — The head of a financially troubled insurer was pushing Chinese officials to relax rules that required breaking up the company in the aftermath...
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