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LONDON: England may not be getting in on the euro, but it can still get with the economic program. The country?s markets got a boost Tuesday from widespread expectations that on Thursday, the Bank of England will follow closely in the week-old footsteps of the 11 euro-zone countries and cut short-term interest rates by as much as half a point. Why? For the same reason the rest of Europe joined hands in the first place: It?s no fun being...
President Habibie has further inflamed matters by courting Muslim extremists in an attempt to boost his power for the elections promised for next June. Muslims make up 87% of Indonesia's population of 210 million. Kept in check under Suharto's rule, a number of Muslim groups have now emerged to lay claim to political and economic power. Early last month Muslim youth vigilantes armed with sharpened bamboo spears were positioned around Jakarta to harass pro-democracy student demonstrators. Last week pictures of the former Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatullah Khomeini began to appear in street demonstrations. Though there have always...
...round of finger pointing over the motives behind the performance. Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca, who filed the murder charges last Wednesday, accused Kevorkian of airing the video to satisfy his "attention-starved ego." CBS, meanwhile, faced accusations of exploiting the death for ratings. The segment did help boost the show's numbers--the household rating was up 20% over the season average--during the critical fall sweeps period, which sets local advertising rates. Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes' executive producer, insisted his show wasn't pandering for ratings. "I have a low threshold for discomfort, and I was not made...
Already, Knowles made national headlines with a $9 million financial aid boost for undergraduates, made possible in part by the endowment change...
...some in the Harvard administration, it was hard to overstate the importance of yesterday's boost in endowment payout...