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...fourth-largest economy, fell by 2.2% compared with November, 2006. The result marked the country's first decline in exports in seven years and was a sharp reversal of the double-digit growth rates manufacturers have typically posted in recent years. The drop was "a shock figure," says Ben Simpfendorfer, the Hong Kong-based chief China economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland. "I had expected exports to collapse in the final few months but not to this extent. There really isn't a precedent. It underscores the magnitude of the global slowdown and fact that it's spilling into...
...Harvard Square,” said Kansagra, who owns another Subway near the Medical School. “I think [Subway] is the right mix of the right price and healthy offerings for the crowd up there.” Subway will fill the space—between Ben & Jerry’s and Lê’s Vietnamese Restaurant—where Boston Chowda sold soup for nearly a decade. The Garage location of Boston Chowda “was never really a real good performer for us anyways,” said Stephen D. Post, controller...
...forestall the backlash from frustrated concert-goers.Gossip Geek, an anonymous Harvard blog, declared Schwartz’s political campaign over after the debacle, in a headline reading: “Girl Talk Rocks Campus for Five Minutes, Tells Us that Everything ‘Fucking Sucks,’ Sinks Ben Schwartz’s Political Career.”While the Schwartz-Biggers ticket has not collapsed, it has had to deal with the Girl Talk issue. And they don’t run away from it.“I ran Girl Talk,” Biggers said.It...
...quite similar to those of Schwartz and Biggers—and would prove able stewards of the Undergraduate Council.But while Schwartz and Biggers are not the only attractive choices, they are the best. Both have a remarkable record of service in the past. As Chair of the CEB, Ben Schwartz worked to increase the body’s relevance and plan successful large-scale events that generated unprecedented enthusiasm, like last year’s Yardfest. Alneada Biggers, on the other hand, brings an outsider’s perspective to the table. Having immersed herself in a wide range...
...Stein, Ben •Roger Ebert's evisceration...