Since the yeast strain S288c was used for the sequencing project, it was clear that the same genetic background should be used for the yeast deletion collection, despite its liabilities, chief among them being its reputation for poor sporulation.
"The city and its contractors have an array of powerful defenses to these claims and do not admit any liability," the chief lawyer for the city, James E. Tyrrell Jr., said in a statement on Friday.
"The Americans want to kick the conversation down the road because they're terrified of anything that suggests liability," Nick Mabey, chief executive officer of E3G, a London-based non- profit group that promotes sustainability, said in an interview.
If one considers that the financial crisis was the result of management hubris and a lack of shareholder oversight, small investors ought to be treated like an asset, not a liability that chief executives want to get rid of.Jerome Pinzuti Brussels* SIR – It is correct to say that weak economic growth is the underlying cause of share buy-backs, but the driving force behind this lies elsewhere.
And the advantage of being commander-in-chief turns into a liability the instant things go wrong.
Illinois's prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Patrick J. Quinn because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.
Block, based in Kansas City, Mo., denies liability, but its chief executive, Mark Ernst, said the company wanted to end the litigation and focus on new goals.
Indeed, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who has generally opposed tort reform, was previously the chief Democratic sponsor of obesity liability limitation legislation in the Senate.
The current effort to force corporate chief executives to assume criminal liability for the financial statements of their companies is eerily reminiscent of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand 's book by the above title.
Today, a number of influential supporters see Ian Ayre, Liverpool's current chief executive, as a clueless liability whose job is only safe because he is a puppet of the owners in Boston.
