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Can Barack Obama Enrich Ties with India?
When President Obama arrives in India, he’ll find a country growing four times faster than the US and relishing its new role as an international competitor. We look at the challenges and possible benefits of his visit to Mumbai and Delhi. Also, the US economy adds jobs in October, and the $1,000 genome and "personalized medicine."
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWhen President Obama arrives in India, he’ll find a country growing four times faster than the US and relishing its new role as an international competitor. We look at the challenges and possible benefits of his visit to Mumbai and Delhi. Also, the US economy adds jobs in October. On Reporter's Notebook, ten years ago, two human genomes had been sequenced at the cost of $2 billion. By the end of next year, it’ll be 30,000 and the cost is dropping toward $1000 each. We hear learn more about the revolution called "personalized medicine."
Banner image: A billboard welcoming US President Barack Obama is seen in Mumbai on November 4, 2010. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesUS Economy Adds Jobs in October
Unemployment was a major issue in this week's election. Today, President Obama responded to the October jobs report , reiterating that "since January, the private sector has added 1.1 million jobs," in ten straight months of private-sector job growth. Daniel Gross is economics editor and columnist at Yahoo Finance .
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Indians had a love affair with Bill Clinton. George Bush treated India like an international partner. Barack Obama has been complaining about outsourcing American jobs.
Read the story37 minThe $1,000 Genome and 'Personalized Medicine'
It took $2 billion and ten years to complete the Human Genome Project . Now, just ten years later, many individuals have had their genomes sequenced, and the cost keeps dropping. Kevin Davies is editor of Bio-IT World , which covers the role of technology in the life sciences.
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