Top Companies Hiring Now July 2009
Merck is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891 Merck discovers develops manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The Company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines throug ...

First Randomized Trial of Microsavings
I fear I got swept up in the disproportionate focus on credit in pouncing to blog the first randomized trial of microcredit while neglecting its counterpart for microsavings. I learned about the first randomized study of the impact of microsavings from Jonathan Morduch’s blog in February just ...


Dwindling ability to lead
The mini-reshuffle of the Cabinet this week shows that Prime Minister Taro Aso's power to lead his Liberal Democratic Party in a direction he desires has dwindled. He had sought a substantial reshuffle of both the Cabinet and the party leadership to buoy his administration's sagging approval ra ...

THE ROYAL GAZETTE: Swiss Re to close Bermuda office
By Jonathan Kent Leaving town: Swiss Re's insignia is pictured on the wall of the company's Bermuda office in Par-la-Ville Road Hamilton which is to close with the loss of five jobs. Photo : Glenn Tucker Swiss Re is to close its Bermuda office with the loss of five jobs as the company seeks to ...

2009 Patent Reform
TheManufacturing Alliance on PatentPolicy (MAPP) a coalition of over 130 non-pharmaceutical manufacturerstook a backhand slap at Sen. Patrick Leahy in a letter to President ObamaTuesday warning that the proposed patent reforms in recent years would hurtmanufacturers by weakening patent protecti ...