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...indirectly for 1 in 10 jobs - dropped to a 15-year low last year, with little sign of picking up in 2009. Toyota announced on March 11 that 4,500 workers at its British factories would see their pay and hours slashed 10% for a year starting in April. The German and British governments are still in talks with GM over potential aid for the U.S. automaker's beleaguered European subsidiaries, Opel in Germany and Vauxhall in the U.K. GM says it needs some $4.2 billion to save its businesses in the region. (See pictures of workers...
...Japan's. Nonetheless, the contraction of world trade is hitting the U.S. too. This is a global recession - the World Bank has forecast that the global economy will shrink this year for the first time since 1945 - and it needs global solutions. When world leaders meet in London in April, they will be trying to coordinate a tide that lifts all boats...
...eight weeks starting April 20, supermarkets will be stocked with Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback. This limited-edition retro soda will be made with “real sugar” to give consumers a taste of the flavor of the 60s and 70s, before high-fructose corn syrup replaced cane sugar in 1984. From the way websites have pounced on this bit of pop trivia, you’d think this soda is the solution to obesity. However, the truth is that while the halo of “pure cane sugar” may help Americans sleep...
...appealing to a more diverse audience, and encourage racial groups to actively engage with the IOP. Council members have also begun compiling suggested names for the IOP fellows program in the fall and plan to submit a suggested list for consideration to Program Manager Eric R. Andersen in April. “Having more diverse forum speakers and fellows is definitely a part of this,” said Student Advisory Committee President Mary K. Cox ’10, who works closely with members of the Council. “In the long term, what we really want...
...other [books]—out of thousands—which compare,” Johnson said. With this award, Faust will receive $50,000, an engraved medal, and the title ‘American Historian Laureate.’ President Faust will receive the award at a ceremony April 3. This is the fourth year that the Society, New York City’s oldest museum and research library, has given out the award. The selection process begins with a jury of five people reading all the entries and deciding on finalists. From these finalists the jurors settle...