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...regulations have long caused outrage among foodies, farmers, retailers and eco-minded eaters who bemoaned how wasteful it was to throw out up to 20% of perfectly tasty produce simply because it wasn't up to snuff visually. (See 9 kid foods to avoid...
...changing.” The City Manager’s office will now begin soliciting bids from new lessees, but according to Healy, Hudson News will not be among them. In the meantime, the Council authorized Healy to modify the property’s current rent in order to avoid leaving the building empty during the search for a new permanent lessee. Few Cambridge residents were aware of the kiosk’s impending close—not even Kallal Varua, the general manager of Out of Town News. Varua said in an interview that while the newsstand had many...
...performed in order to transform the lead of sub-prime mortgage to the gold of a AAA-rated piece of collateralized debt,” said Ferguson, a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and business administration at Harvard Business School. In order to avoid future economic crises, it may be necessary to create an international financial regulatory body similar to the World Trade Organization, Ferguson said. He added that financial crises occur infrequently enough for regulators and investors to blissfully ignore the warning signs that can lead to very real economic pain. Arguing that economic...
...face his latest adversaries with gusto. Only this time, it's the Securities and Exchange Commission he'll be fending off. Cuban, who co-founded Broadcast.com and sold it to Yahoo! for billions, was charged on Nov. 17 with insider trading, accused of using non-public information to avoid losing $750,000 on a 2004 stock sale. Cuban has denied the charges, saying on his blog, "The government's claims are false and they will be proven...
...when it comes to economic bailouts. Senate majority leader Harry Reid introduced legislation on Monday that asked for $25 billion of the $700 billion bailout fund Congress approved in September to be redirected for use by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in the hopes of helping the faltering industry avoid going under. Republicans immediately balked at the idea...