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...federal government is handing out over $1.5 trillion to support the economy through the Obama stimulus package, TARP, and the new mortgage assistance program. Among the clear winners in the frenzy to save parts of American industry are financial firms and the car companies. Aid may be extended to auto parts companies and insurance operators. The general rule of thumb is that the sectors of the economy that are considered "strategic" will get the lion's share of funding. Car companies are strategic because they employ so many people. Banks are in this category because the credit system cannot operate...
...percent increase will bring the total tuition package (which includes room and board) to $48,868. This increase will be paired, however, with a corresponding increase in financial aid disbursement, which should mitigate the overall impact of the tuition hike. In other words, Harvard will still be able to meet the financial needs of every admitted student, regardless of the price of tuition...
Going forward, Harvard should consider expanding its financial aid programs to families that currently do not qualify for assistance. Since total financial aid output is expected to rise to a record $147 million next year, perhaps the upper boundary of qualification could be raised to accommodate students who currently pay full price, but who are also presumably feeling the pinch of the economic crisis...
...move earlier this month during a trip to Moscow, complaining that the U.S. wasn't paying enough rent for the base; the surprising change just happened to come after the Russians, who hate the idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in their backyard, offered $2 billion in aid to their former fellow state in the Soviet Union...
...broke out between China and India over the disputed Himalayan border region, further aligning China and Pakistan in the name of a common enmity toward India. Since then, Beijing has often offered its support to Islamabad in the way of economic assistance, but also with no-strings-attached military aid and support to Pakistan's nuclear program. (See pictures of Pakistan's vulnerable Northwest passage...