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...That would spell trouble for stocks were it not for high investor confidence that a blockbuster fourth quarter is about to unfold. "Earnings on a year-over-year basis are expected to more than double in the fourth quarter," says Van Dijk, thanks largely to big recovery in the financial sector. In the final quarter of 2008 AIG imploded, losing $38 billion. With that ball of lead no longer weighing down the financial group average, earnings will surge. (See pictures of the top 10 scared stock traders...
Apparently, snowplows and street salt just won’t cut it. Moscow’s mayor Yury Luzhkov is bringing out the big guns when it comes to fighting snow this year in Russia’s blizzard-prone capital. According an article in Time Magazine, Luzkhov’s new initiative–ringing in at just a few million dollars–will have the Russian Air Force spraying snow-bearing clouds with a fine chemical mist that will force clouds to dump out their wintry precipitation before reaching the city’s borders...
Nonetheless, as I returned for sophomore fall, one big question mark remained: my academic future. It was already time to pick a concentration, and it didn’t seem like Harvard offered one for me. I knew I wanted to study environmental issues—but not geology, plant biology, or the chemistry of the stratosphere. Rather, the questions that intrigued me were social and political, not scientific. I wanted to figure out how humanity’s philosophies, cultures, and political structures interact with the natural environment...
...school committed to environmental leadership, this is a big problem. Harvard’s commitment to institutional sustainability is second to none, and I’ve been privileged to take part in the university’s efforts to “green” our campus. But it’s long past time for time for Harvard to ensure that “Green is the New Crimson” rings true not only in its labs and dining halls, but also in Sever and Emerson. We need more relevant courses, better-defined environmental tracks within...
...vision of an environmentally friendly Harvard is of a school committed not only to reducing its ecological footprint, but also to producing the next generation of environmental leaders. This vision will never be a reality without big improvements to the College’s environmental curriculum. With these reforms, Harvard will not only better serve its discouraged nonscientists, but it will help answer what is perhaps the most pressing sociopolitical question of our time: how to build a more just and sustainable society in the years to come...