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In the run-up to last week’s election, some people were unhappy to see NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe actively campaigning for Republican candidates. As Greg Junemann, president of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, said in a press release: “Has the administrator forgotten who holds NASA’s purse strings? It …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The president of Harvard University (search) prompted criticism for suggesting that innate differences between the sexes could help explain why fewer women succeed in science and math careers. Lawrence H. Summers (search), speaking Friday at an economic conference, also questioned how great a role discrimination plays in …

DALLAS – SBC Communications Inc. (SBC) has agreed to buy former parent AT&T Corp. (T) for $16 billion, creating the nation’s largest communications company and ending the independent run of a firm whose roots stretch back to the telephone’s invention. The decision followed late-night meetings by directors of SBC, the …