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...Both countries should take active steps to improve trading,” Tung said. “That’s the only way to avoid protectionism...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We have seen one million layoffs in the United States this year, many concentrated in specific industries such as automobiles and computer technology. And, although Harvard faces its largest budget shortfall in history, FAS has announced it will avoid having to fire employees in order to cut costs. Instead, department chairs were notified earlier this week that non-union salaries will be frozen and most searches for tenure-track and tenured faculty will be put on hold. While the salary freeze may be unfortunate, it is a fair and logical step given the dire...
...afford to take relatively low-impact steps to address its budget shortfall. So far, Harvard has not had to follow the lead of the market in issuing a shower of pink slips. However, Harvard is far from immune to the market downturn, and, while we would ideally want to avoid cutbacks altogether, restricting salary increases and new hires is a reasonable decision that will minimize impact to our community, while hopefully helping to ease a significant portion of the $100 million shortfall...
...many trading corporations have pressured their respective governments to take action. The gulf also contains a very profitable tourist route for high-end cruises. On Tuesday, the 246 passengers aboard the cruise ship MS Columbus, owned by the German firm Hapag-Lloyd, were flown to Dubai in order to avoid the danger zone. The secretary-general of the German tourist federation, Hans-Gustav Koch, claimed that in order to cope with the pirates, “We want escorts.” Both the U.S.’s diplomatic initiative at the UN and the EU?...
...After a 1994 plane crash killed four doctors, their widows filed an ethics complaint against Daschle, accusing the Senator of helping the small aircraft's owner avoid proper safety regulations. He was cleared of wrongdoing...