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...It’s more on the Tuesday, Wednesday night time frame,” he said, adding, “The weekends are still very busy.”Though the Square has been riding out the recession without too much difficulty, the broader restaurant industry is weathering a rough climate, with diners cutting back on the number of visits, ordering less when they come in, and cooking at home much more often.Sales for cookbooks and cooking utensils have gone up, while many restaurants have had to shut their doors. “It’s been very...
That sort of context might prove useful for thinking about the day's broader market moves. To be sure, it was a happy one on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 5.8%. The broader S&P 500 index rose 6.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 7.1%. For investors used to seeing negative signs in front of figures like those, there was cause for celebration indeed. (See the best business deals...
...there wasn't actual good news driving other stocks higher. Nine out of 10 issues on the New York Stock Exchange advanced: some, surely, the start (or continuation) of a long-term upward trend. But should a fabulous day in the market be taken to indicate that a broader market rebound is under way? Probably not. We can hope for that, but in the interest of managing our own expectations, let's not count...
...concerned solely—or even specifically—with stem cell research,” said Harold Varmus, chairman of the White Houses’ Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. This referendum is not meant to be politicizing, but will also separate ideology from broader policy debates such as renewable energy and climate change...
...influx of resumes of lawyers and financial analysts applying for positions as servers and bussers,” said Lishanky, the restaurant’s director of operations. This phenomenon did not hold to be true at other restaurants interviewed, who said that the pool of applicants is broader and more talented, but not necessarily of the ex-banker persuasion. But as Lishanky pointed out, “People will always have to eat. People will not always need a 401k.” —Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu...