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...meantime, Penn students have been flocking to religious organizations. Maybe they're looking for someone to explain what they should do now that there aren't any more jobs...
...Whitfields aren't the only ones scrimping in Roxboro. Roy Waldron, a pipe fitter, has stopped going out to dinner with his wife Judy since losing his job in February. Tommy Woods, a former forklift operator, says he is collecting aluminum cans to get gas money to drive to job interviews...
...just south of unemployment services on Durham Road in 1999. Everyone from the town's low-skilled workers to the city elders goes there, drawn by the $9.99 all-you-can-eat buffet and the slogan "Help Yourself to Happiness." This year the Whitfields, the Waldrons and many others aren't: sales are down 2.5% this year, and it would be worse, says Rogers, if he hadn't launched a big coupon push. But that's eaten into profits, which dropped 63% over the past two years and are on track to do the same this year...
...tepid performance stems in part from the quality of companies coming to market. Several listings have come from the cash-strapped real estate and infrastructure sectors, and were perceived as overpriced. Says a Mumbai investment banker: "The market has run ahead of itself, and fundamentals aren't supporting present valuations...
...there are going to be some things that only government can do, and there will be some things that only individuals and parents can do themselves. And we can have the best science and math training programs in the world, the best sponsors in the world, but if parents aren't telling their kids to turn off the video box and go do some work...