4. 2009: The big ideas (The Globe and Mail) - The cost of reading DNA is expected to drop as dramatically in 2009 as the stock market did last year. Technology has made it so fast and cheap to unravel the six billion chemical units of the human genome that the amount of DNA you can read for a dollar has been doubling every 12 months.
7. Retailer Profile: Kitchenware Outfitters (The Gourmet Retailer) - Take one part high-end kitchenware, add a dash of down-home Southern hospitality and you've created the perfect recipe for cooking up success at Savannah-based Kitchenware Outfitters.